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From: stephen davie <>
Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] ORCADIA Digest, Vol 4, Issue 35
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:15:27 -0500
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THANKYOU NANITO!
On Nov 25, 2011, at 5:28 PM, Nan Fowler wrote:

> Here are the words, Stephen and all:
> (written as a poem @ turn of the last century by poet Thomas Peace, put to
> music in the 1970s by Ivan Drever (as Sian mentioned)--I think this version
> is by the youth choral group," Hadhirgaan" or by the" Ulster Youth
> Choir"--both have sung it. Drever has it on several of his albums, as do
> several other Scots musicians--Orkney roots or no. Always loved the
> poem/anthem; thanks for sharing the vid, Sian! xo, Nan
>
> Waes Hale (The Orkney Anthem)
>
> Tae the ribbon rocks rims around them
> Tae stack and skerry and geo
> Tae the cliffs piled high wi' their heads in the sky
> And their feet in the surge below,
>
> Chorus:
> Isles ne'er forgotten
> By your sons afar alone
> Ringed they be by their ain native sea
> Waes hale! They drink tae their own
>
> Fae the reek o' the rushing tideways
> Tae the fling o' froth and foam
> The spouting hedge by the iron ledge
> O' skerry and reef and holm
>
> Chorus:
> Isles ne'er forgotten
> Be your sons afar alone
> Or ring-ed they be by their ain native sea,
> Waes hale they drink to their own.
>
> Fae the feet o' the bright aurora
> That danced tae the elfin lyres
> The gleams that break in the midnight wake
> Tae the blaze o' the Beltane fires
>
> Chorus:
> Isles ne'er forgotten
> Be your sons afar alone
> Or ring-ed they be by their ain native sea,
> Waes hale they drink to their own
>
> Fae the rocks o' forgotten builders
> Each howe wi' its spectral wraith
> The roo winds hoar on the Northern shore
> Fae the kirks o' the ancient faith
>
> Chorus:
> Isles ne'er forgotten
> Be your sons afar alone
> Or ring-ed they be by their ain native sea,
> Waes hale they drink to their own.
>
> Spirit haunted and hallowed
> Wi' rune-writ legend strewn
> Isles o' the North, we call now forth
> Waes hale, we drink tae wir own
>
> Chorus:
> Isles ne'er forgotten
> Be your sons afar alone
> Or ring-ed they be by their ain native sea,
> Waes hale they drink to their own.
>
> Tae the brochs o' the forgotten builders
> Each howe wi' its spectral wraith,
> Tae the ruins hoar by the ancient shore
> O' the kirks o' the ancient faith.
>
> Chorus:
> Isles ne'er forgotten
> Be your sons afar alone
> Or ring-ed they be by their ain native sea,
> Waes hale they drink to their own.
>
> Isles ne'er forgotten
> Be your sons afar alone
> Or ring-ed they be by their ain native sea,
> Waes hale they drink to their own.
>
>
>
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>> Message: 10
>> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:58:31 -0500
>> From: stephen davie <>
>> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Video of sunnier days
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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH! This clip and the wonderful tune is a heart warmer for
>> me and I am sure for many others with those old Orkney connections. It
>> would be nice to see the words of the song, because
>> embarrassedly, I must admit I understand nary a word! At least not the
>> first time through.
>>
>> It was nice to see this ...to hear and enjoy it.
>>
>> Stephen
>> On Nov 25, 2011, at 1:17 PM, Sian Thomas wrote:
>>
>> --
> Nan Fowler
> Adult Education Program
> Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy
> University of Georgia
> Athens, GA USA 30602
>
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