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Ta Na La As Gaeilge Lyrics By The Wolfe Tones

This Irish song is from the  LP. A. BELT OF THE CELTS from 1978 Triskel records and all the titles by skin music in Dublin Trad. Arr.Wolfe Tones. It also is on their As Gaelige album. More As Gaeilge songs here.

O codlas fein, I dthigh areir
Is tuirseach treith, do bhi mo chuisle
Comhra beil, bhi acu go leir
M’ingean fein, is a boch ar buhle
(Chorus)
Ta na la, nil ;na la
Ta na la ‘gus in a mhaidin
Nil ‘na la dheara a ghra
Ach solus ard, ata sa ghealaig
2
Eir id sui, a fhir a tigh
Cuir do bhriste ’mut gootapaigh
Coinnigh suas cuideachta shuairc
Don chroi mhaith mhor, go
dtioch an mhaidin
(Chorus as above)
3
N’eireodh im shui ar fear a tigh
‘Sni cuirfeadh briste’mum na hata
Blas na braon, dem cuidse dighe
Ni raghaidh na gcrol, go dtioch an mhaidin
(Chorus as above)
4
Ta an barraille thar a ceann
Is ni fheicim ann ach driodar dearg
Ta mo ghini ar an mbord
Is bim ag ol,go dtioch an mhaidin
Guitar Chords - Ta Na La
O codlas (D)fein, I dthigh a(G)reir
Is tuirseach (D)treith, do bhi mo (A)chuisle
Comhra (D)beil, bhi acu go (G)leir
M’ingean (D)fein, is a (A)boch ar (D)buhle
Curfá
Ta na (D)la, nil; na (G)la
Ta na (D)la ‘gus in a (A)mhaidin
Nil ‘na (D)la dheara a (G)ghra
Ach solus (D)ard, at(A)a sa (D)ghealaig
Eir id (D)sui, a fhir a (G)tigh
Cuir do (D)bhriste ’mut goota(A)paigh
Coinnigh (D)suas cuideachta (G)shuairc
Don chroi mhaith (D)mhor, go (A)dtioch an (D)mhaidin
Curfá
N’eireodh (D)im shui ar fear a (G)tigh
‘Sni cuirfeadh (D)briste’mum na (A)hata
Blas na (D)braon, dem cuidse (G)dighe
Ni raghaidh na (D)gcrol, go (A)dtioch an (D)mhaidin
Curfá
Ta an (D)barraille thar a (G)ceann
Is ni (D)fheicim ann ach driodar (A)dearg
Ta mo (D)ghini ar an (G)mbord
Is bim ag (D)ol, go (A)dtioch an (D)mhaidin
Curfá 2x
The text written by Liam Ö Murchü on the Wolfe Tones record Belt of the Celts 1978
He wrote these words.As printed on the back cover of the LP. Belt of The Celts
I first met the Wolfe Tones a dozen  or so years ago when RTE was doing a television series called "Ballad Session."It was the morning of balladry then;and there was a great
rip-roaring energy about those boys, so infectious that one could not listen to it without being swept along.

There was something else:a strong sense of rootedness,so palpable that whether they were singing Davis's "Nation Once Again [ song lyrics ]" or some more recently-made ballad, one was in no doubt that these
were Irish songs sung by Irishmen- in every sense of the word, Irish and proud of it!

I am happy to note that the Wolfe Tones have now come to the height of their strength.The present album has some great songs: the elegant "Si Beag, Si Mör" - the two fairy mounds so beloved of the
blind harper Ö' Carolan; a most attractive new song , written by Brian Warfield about Private  James Daly  of the Connaught Rangers [ song ], shot for his loyalty to Ireland in India:and "Bold Robert  Emmet"whose
bicentenary we celebrate this year.

There are also other great songs of the past,given new life in this album by the Wolfe Tones exciting arrangements: " General Munroe", a song about the '98 Rising up North:"The West Awake" [ song lyrics ]:the Irish drinking song
"Ta na La"- all of them songs that people have sung in this island for generations.
No song lasts that long without good reason.

Recent years saw much new thinking in the cultural life of Ireland, some of it questioning the very basis of what Irishness means.The Wolfe Tones, I am happy to see, were never in any doubt about that.
For this reason, they join in my mind with the company of other great Irishmen of the past-- Brendan Behan, Francis MacManus,Cathal Bui Mac Giolla Gunna, the man who wrote about the yellow  bittern who died of thirst.Irish indeed and proud of it:not solemnnor sour about it: no, but not apologetic about it either!
 
Right now,we can do with a good stiff injection of this kindof national self-confidence.We're a small people perched on a rock away out in the Atlantic, with mighty noises all around us.
People in situations like that need something to keep their heart up.That's how they can face the world.The Wolfe Tones face it with verve and style!
Liam Ö Murchü.
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