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(lyrics for Gaelic chorus)
A Thiarna, déan trócaire
A Chríost, déan trócaire
A Thiarna, déan trócaire
A Chríost, déan trócaire

The song above is from a Celtic Thunder CD. It was given to me last Christmas and during this Christmas break, it has resided in our car's stereo. I don't know about you, but occasionally my siblings and I like to sing along to songs in the car. You could say that we are training our vocal chords and trying to blend well, but that would be . . . a lie. Instead, imagine 5 kids -ages 7 to 20- belting out lyrics at the top of their lungs. Our lungs. Let it never be said that my siblings can't project their voices.If the volume wasn't enough to make you believe we were having fun, let me mention that part of the song we were singing was in Gaelic. We don't speak Gaelic. And when we can't speak a language, we make up our own words. It's quite effective. Sometimes we all don't make up the same words though . . . however, on this song, we all agree on the proper made-up words for the chorus. The true Gaelic lyrics are above. These are the words that we sing . .

A man selling coconuts
We need some coconuts
That man is selling coconuts
We need some coconuts

Go ahead. You know you want to listen to the song again and sing our lyrics. It's okay. We haven't copyrighted them so it's perfectly legal. Try 'em out! I think it'll be fun for you, even if you don't have the whole experience that includes singin' in the car with an amazing ensemble like mine. You can't have everything, you know.

If you happen to like the singing that it's the audio clip, you can hear more where that came from at http://celticthunder.ie/ or you can just head to youtube.com and type in 'Celtic Thunder'. I love them. Just ask if you want to know my favorite songs. I'll definitely share!

m(r)