Author |
Message |
taseck1
| Posted on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 10:23 pm: |
|
I'm trying to find out what the original Irish Gaelic words were at the end of the song "Finnegan's Wake." They are reported in dozens of websites as "Thanum an duil" which doesn't really seem to exist in any Gaelic language. You know the song, the whiskey scatters over Tim, he revives and says, "..... Do you think I'm dead?" Any ideas on what the original words were, and how they translate? Or who I could ask about them? Thanks! |
|
Aonghus
| Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 06:39 am: |
|
Do anam ón diabhail Your soul from the devil Which is an exclamtion something like dammit |
|
taseck1
| Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 12:03 pm: |
|
Thanks much! I received a very similar response from another site: "D'anam don diabhal" Your soul to the devil. Maybe I can re-educate some Irish music lovers! Peace, Tom |
|
|