Traditional Celtic folk song
| 這首傳統愛爾蘭民歌，淒美的旋律細訴著Bonny Portmore橡樹林的命運，充滿情感的婉惜那些被英國人砍伐的巨大橡樹。好幾個世紀，英國為了戰爭及製造船艦而大量的砍伐Portmore橡樹林，成了愛爾蘭人心中永遠的痛。 Kate Crossan歌聲淡雅又情感濃郁，詮釋的恰到好處。而這張專輯在傳統音樂大師Oliver Schroer編曲製作下，美得令人如痴如醉。 |  |
O bonny Portmore, you shine where you stand
And the more I think on you the more I think long
If I had you now as I had once before
All the lords in Old England would not purchase Portmore.
O bonny Portmore, I am sorry to see
Such a woeful destruction of your ornament tree
For it stood on your shore for many's the long day
Till the long boats from Antrim came to float it away.
O bonny Portmore, you shine where you stand
And the more I think on you the more I think long
If I had you now as I had once before
All the Lords in Old England would not purchase Portmore.
All the birds in the forest they bitterly weep
Saying, "Where will we shelter or where will we sleep?"
For the Oak and the Ash, they are all cutten down
And the walls of bonny Portmore are all down to the ground.
Down by the Salley Garden
Words: W. B. Yeats, 1889. Tune: Maids of the Mourne Shore, Trad
(葉慈,1865-1939,愛爾蘭劇作家、詩人,獲1923年諾貝爾文學獎).
| 優美的旋律加上大詩人的歌詞，是居爾特音樂中經典的極品，也難怪在許多CD都可以找到她的芳蹤 |  |
It was down by the Sally Gardens,
my love and I did meet.
She crossed the Sally Gardens
with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy,
as the leaves grow on the tree,
But I was young and foolish,
and with her did not agree.
In a field down by the river,
my love and I did stand
And on my leaning shoulder,
she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy ,
as the grass grows on the weirs
But I was young and foolish,
and now am full of tears.
Lord Inchiquin
Eleanor Plunket
Colonel John Irwin
Captain O'Kane
Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738,愛爾蘭豎琴家、作曲家、詩人)
| Carolan自小天資聰穎，但不幸的是在18歲時得到了天花，造成了眼盲，於是他開始學習豎琴。而豎琴與詩人在當時愛爾蘭是地位崇高的，Carolan不僅是優秀的豎琴家，也是傑出作編曲家，更因此而流芳百世。他的作品反映出快樂慷慨善良的個性，充滿著優雅迷人的旋律，是愛爾蘭也是全世界珍貴的文化遺產 Celtic Treasure這張CD，收集了他許多好聽優美的樂曲，非常值得收藏 |  |
| Lord Inchiquin | |
| Eleanor Plunket | |
| Colonel John Irwin | |
| Captain O'Kane |
Introduction of Johnson's most favorite music No.01