Amhrán na bhFiann

The Soldier's Song: the chorus was adopted as the Irish National Anthem on July 1926.

Written by Peadar Kearney, circa 1907

As Gaeilge:

Amhrán na bhFiann

Seo dhibh a cháirde duan Óglaigh,
Cathréimeach bríomhar ceolmhar,
Ár dtinte cnámh go buacach táid,
'S an spéir go mín réaltógach
Is fonnmhar faobhrach sinn chun gleo
'S go tiúnmhar glé roimh thíocht do'n ló
Fé chiúnas chaomh na hoiche ar seol:
'Seo libh canaídh Amhrán na bhFiann

Curfá: Sinne Firnna Fáil
A tá fé gheall ag Éirinn,
buion dár slua
Thar toinn do ráinig chugainn,
Fé mhóid bheith saor.
Sean tír ár sinsir feasta
Ní fhagfar fé'n tiorán ná fé'n tráil
Anocht a théam sa bhearna bhaoil,
Le gean ar Ghaeil chun báis nó saoil
Le guna screach fé lámhach na bpiléar
Seo libh canaídh Amhrán na bhFiann.

Cois bánta réidhe, ar árdaibh sléibhe,
Ba bhuachach ár sinsir romhainn,
Ag lámhach go tréan fé'n sár-bhrat séin
Tá thuas sa ghaoith go seolta
Ba dhúchas riamh d'ár gcine cháidh
Gan iompáil siar ó imirt áir,
'S ag siúl mar iad i gcoinne námhad
Seo libh, canaídh Amhrán na bhFiann

Curfá

A bhuíon nách fann d'fhuil Ghaeil is Gall,
Sin breacadh lae na saoirse,
Ta scéimhle 's scanradh i gcroíthe namhad,
Roimh ranna laochra ár dtire.
ár dtinte is tréith gan spréach anois,
Sin luisne ghlé san spéir anoir,
'S an bíobha i raon na bpiléar agaibh:
Seo libh, canaídh Amhrán na bh Fiann.

Curfá

English translation:

Soldier's Song

We'll sing a song, a soldier's song,
With cheering rousing chorus,
As round our blazing fires we throng,
The starry heavens o'er us;
Impatient for the coming fight,
And as we wait the morning's light,
Here in the silence of the night,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

Chorus: Soldiers are we
whose lives are pledged to Ireland;
Some have come
from a land beyond the wave.
Sworn to be free,
No more our ancient sire land
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.
Tonight we man the gap of danger
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal
'Mid cannons' roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song

In valley green, on towering crag,
Our fathers fought before us,
And conquered 'neath the same old flag
That's proudly floating o'er us.
We're children of a fighting race,
That never yet has known disgrace,
And as we march, the foe to face,
We'll chant a soldier's song

Chorus

Sons of the Gael! Men of the Pale!
The long watched day is breaking;
The serried ranks of Inisfail
Shall set the Tyrant quaking.
Our camp fires now are burning low;
See in the east a silv'ry glow,
Out yonder waits the Saxon foe,
So chant a soldier's song.

Chorus

Sheet music, scanned in divided into 5 images
1 - 2 - 3 - 4
P.S. If has the better scan of the sheet music, I could that up here.

play a bad midi version of the National Amthem...

Ok, I've ripped this page off the site of an American but I thought it should be on a Irish server, without the rest of the corny site (see at THERESE'S HOMEPAGE)

my Links.

/***
NOTE: these are appoximate based on around A3 = 440Hz, I have a more accurate reading
       for scale of middle C.

    Calculation for Equal-Tempered tuning [A3 = 440Hz]
Hertz      Octave=0    Octave=1    Octave=2    Octave=3    Octave=4     Octave=5

 0     A     55.000     110.000     220.000     440.000     880.000    1,760.000
 1   A#/Bb   58.270     116.541     233.082     466.164     932.328    1,864.655
 2     B     61.735     123.471     246.942     493.883     987.767    1,975.533
 3     C     65.406     130.813     261.626     523.251   1,046.502    2,093.005
 4   C#/Db   69.296     138.591     277.183     554.365   1,108.731    2,217.461
 5     D     73.416     146.832     293.665     587.330   1,174.659    2,349.318
 6   D#/Eb   77.782     155.563     311.127     622.254   1,244.508    2,489.016
 7     E     82.407     164.814     329.628     659.255   1,318.510    2,637.020
 8     F     87.307     174.614     349.228     698.456   1,396.913    2,793.826
 9   F#/Gb   92.499     184.997     369.994     739.989   1,479.978    2,959.955
10     G     97.999     195.998     391.995     783.991   1,567.982    3,135.963
11   G#/Ab  103.826     207.652     415.305     830.609   1,661.219    3,322.438
12     A    110.000     220.000     440.000     880.000   1,760.000    3,520.000
***/


/************************************** Example Tunes ******************************************
Nokia 3210   tempo:70BPM   Amhrán na bhFiann (fairly recoginzable)
   8c2 16c2 8d2 8e2 8c2 2g1 4a1 8f1 8a1 2g1 4c2 4b1 41 8a1 16b1 16c2 8d2 16d2 16e2 8d2 8a1 4b1 8b1 16-
   8c2 16c2 16d2 8e2 8c2 2g1 4a1 4f1 4a1 2-


 In the format I developed for use on the Mailpad...

    c3d1ecG6a4FaG8c4b4a6b1c1d3e1dab6_c3d1ecG8a4FaG8        - Amhrán na bhFiann
    AA#BCC#DD#EFF#GG#aa#bcc#dd#eff#gg#                     - Scales                - tempo 2
    F3G1aGbaG1E1F1dcbaGa1F1c4GaG1E1c1baG1E1C1c3d1bGFa1G1F4 - Austria's National Anthem by Hadyn
    c3b1aFFCFFaFacbababaaaDGGbG                            - Jig (Double Time)   - tempo 2
    FFGEFGaaa#aGFGFGFEF                                    - God Save the ######!   - tempo 8
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