Who Will Have Fun With Me - Co ni mire rium

Apologies that I can't seem to get grave accent marks on this keyboard for the Gaelic letters! They make a difference but after an hour of trying to figure it out, I realized I had better things to do with my time. So I will carry on minus the grave marks! 

I want to share some of the music we (piper Dick Hensold and I) will be performing at our upcoming concert series in April. 

One of the pieces that I've wanted to perform for quite a while is a waulking song called 'Co ni mire rium'. It has been recording by several Scots Gaelic singers, so it is always important to make a new arrangement while keeping the traditional sound in tact. In our arrangement, Dick has written some really nice instrumental breaks which I believe keeps the tune interesting. I can't wait to perform it! 

This is a waulking song by a young man who is wondering who will flirt with him. He meets a young girl one day when walking on the moors: she is picking flowers by the side of a pool. He went over to her and asked who she belonged to - she told him she was a Chisholm girl and he in turn told her that she was also a Chisholm. She said that she would have nothing to do with him, that a MacLean was her preference and a MacDonald is to meet her. 

Here is the translation for those interested: 

Who Will Have Fun With Me? 

Who will flirt with me? 

Who will be nice to me? 

Who will, unless the young men will? 

One day I took off into the mountain moors

I came across a nice young lass

I went over and got her to talk with me

And I asked her what her surname was

She said, "I'm a Chisolm"

And I told her that that was my clan

She said to me, "I'll have nothing to do with you I prefer MacLeans 

And a MacDonald will be coming to see me"