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A Loaf of Bread | Welsh Song | Celtic Folk Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · 2d

Torth O Fara in Welsh. It translates to A Loaf of Bread

#harp #music #welsh #folkmusic

A Cry | Welsh Song | Celtic Folk Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · 4d

A Cry - Llef in its original Welsh was written in the 1890s, but sounds much older.

#harp #welsh

A Bit on the Finger | Welsh Song | Celtic Folk Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · 7d

Time for some Welsh songs!

A Bit on the Finger got changed to Buttered Peas when it entered English

#harp #welsh #peas #butter #fingerfood

Leaving Lismore - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

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NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · 7d

That's one sweet harp!

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NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · 11d

The last of my Scottish songs

#scotland #harp

Aikendrum - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

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NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · 14d

Either a silly childhood rhyme about food or a song about the Jacobite Revolution, take your pick.

#scotland #harp #jacobites

Up in the Morning Early - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · 16d

Robert Burns wrote the words to this one

#scotland #harp #morning #RobertBurns

The Hundered Pipers - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · 18d

The Hundred Pipers - performed without a single piper in sight.

#harp #scottish

Willie Was a Wanton Wag - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · 20d

One of the best titled songs I know.

#harp #scottish #Willie

Eriskay Love Lilt - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · 23d

A song from the Scottish Hebrides islands

#scotland #harp #hebrides

My Love She's But a Lassie Yet - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · 25d

My Love She's But a Lassie Yet - with words by Robert Burns

#harp #scotland #RobertBurns

Gairsay - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · 28d

A traditional song from the Scottish Orkney Islands.

#harp #Orkney #Scottish

da Greenland Man's Tune - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · Sep 18

A song from Shetland - way into the North Sea.

#shetland #scotland #harp

Nut Brown Maiden - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · Sep 16

A song translated from Scots Gaelic. It was very popular in the medieval period

#scotland #harp #medieval

The Rowan Tree - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · Sep 13

A Scottish tune of unknown origin, with words eventually written by Carolina Nairne

#scottish #harp #rowan #CarolinaNairne

The Flowers of the Forest - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · Sep 11

A Scottish song used almost exclusively for funerals and war remembrances. There's some superstitions around playing this one outside of one of those events.

#scotland #harp #funeral

Loch Leven Castle - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · Sep 9

I've been to Loch Leven Castle. It is beautiful, haunting, and lonely. Highly recommend

#scotland #harp #lochleven

The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lommond - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · Sep 8

I've not been to Loch Lomond, but I bet its banks are bonnie.

#scotland #harp #lochlomond

Fear a' Bhàta or the Boatman - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · Sep 6

Fear a' Bhàta, or The Boatman - a lovely Scottish Gaelic song about awaing your love who has gone to sea

#harp #scotland #gaelic

Ettrick Banks - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · Sep 4

A song from the Scottish borderlands

#harp #scotland #Selkirkshire

The Elfin Knight - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Elfin Knight - an old folk ballad from Scotland

#harp #scotland #ballad #faeries

She Rose and Let Me In - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · Aug 30

A very chaste love song for once!

#harp #scotland #lovesongs

da Ferry Reel - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · Aug 28

A Scottish song collected from the Faeries on the way home from a wedding once upon a time

#harp #scotland #fey #fairies

Scotland the Brave - A Scottish song on Lever Harp

NEW Community Harp @newcommunityharp.bsky.social · Aug 26

The unofficial national anthem of Scotland

#harp #Scotland

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