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It’ll be the song that everybody will be humming on Dublin’s streets this summer.

open invitation to a fun evening

Conradh na Gaeilge, 6 Harcourt St, D2, at 8pm tonight!

You’ll be practicing for two really exciting, stressful, and gruelling days in the recording studio on 2-3 July with some of Ireland’s best (and worst:) singers and musicians.

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Don’t be shy! We need your enthusiasm, energy, instrument(s), and voice!

Why would you do it? – To be part of #AmhrándoPhádraig / #SongForPadraig, the song that everybody will be humming on Dublin’s streets and around the world this summer!!

 

 

Here are some ‘notes’ from the corresponding Facebook site.

As many of you know, Maitiu, Natalie and the Bonny Men wrote an incredible song for Pádraig. We heard it at the wonderful concert for Pádraig in Coláiste Eoin… and it had a big impact on everyone that was there on the night.

Now you have a chance to play a part in it! We are going to record a version of the song with all of his friends singing / playing on it!

The song will be bi-lingual by the way… check out the words & chords below!

1: Do you play an instrument? If you do, you are more than welcome to come and play on the record. Just tell us on the night if you are interested.

2: Are you happy to sing? The Pádraigs Palestrina Choir are needed! Bring your wonderful voice (not really… it need not be wonderful)

3: Date for the recording: 2-3 July

4: Ideas for marketing publishing or video… Do you have related skills? If you do, let us know!

5: Fundraising. We have it in mind to raise money for Pádraig through the sales of the song. Do you have any selling ideas / fundraising ideas / Ideas for financing the song / have you experience with crowd funding? If you do… come and let us know.

We hope you are excited. We certainly are!

Contact: kingab@tcd.ie and maitiuocasaide@yahoo.com

 

HELLO EVERYBODY… FÉACH THÍOS LEIS AN AMHRÁIN A FHOGHLAIM!!
lOOK BELOW TO LEARN THE SONG. Thanks to Natalie for writing up chords.. and Ciara Heneghan and Marcus Mac Conghail for na liricí Gaeilge!!

Dream Boat (demo recording)

Floated like a dream! (cordai)

Intro: G———Em———–G———Em———— (same chords for all the little interludes!)

Vearsa 1
G—- D—– Am——D——
Am—-Em—-Am——-C——-
Am—-D—Bm —Em—
Am— Em—Am- Bm- C———

Chorus
C—- Am—- G —- D—–
Am—- D—–Am——G
Am—– D—– Em—– G/b—
Am—–D—-Am—-G—

Vearsa 2 (direach mar an gceanna le vearsa 1)
Chorus 2 (direach mar an gceanna le chorus 1)

Choir aaah’s
Am—– Em—- Dm—–Em—-
D—– Em—– D———– x2_
Floated like a dream outro
Am——F—–Em——D—–
Am——F—-Em——D—-
Am—–F—–Em —-D—-
Am—-F—–Em—————

• (Véarsa 1)

Built a boat yesterday
In one early morning half dream

Tú féin ag cabhrú liom
Craobhacha a bhaint de chrann

Ghreamamar le chéile iad
Le drúcht ó na ribí féir

Is báidín gleoite í
lán de dhóchas ó mo chroí

(curfá)

and it floated like a dream
on those waves just you and me
is it a sign of things to come
lets just sail and have some fun

agus sheol sé le gaoth
ar bhruach na brionglóidí
An dea-thuar é seo tá romham
Ragham ag spraoi ar bharr na dtonn

(Véarsa 2)

and the time it had come
our little boat of dreams

would it sink or would it swim
would it sail down the stream

Is diompar don trá é
Idir uisce agus agus spéir

cá dtabharfadh an sruth í
I had doubt but he believed…

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