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Over Mountains | Praise of Ben Dorain

from This Fleeting Liberty by Alan Dickson

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In Celtic mythology, the Cailleach (dark goddess) is said to have created mountains, with many named after her in ancient times. She is also regarded as the guardian spirit of animals, particularly deer, and legends tell of her appearing in the guise of an old hag and of a beautiful young maiden. 'The Golden Bough' by Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer did much to keep alive such myths - powerful enough to set society free.

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Over Mountains

Over mountains I hear calling
Over mountains to the sea
Over mountains I hear calling
Calling out to me
Over mountains over valleys
Over mountains to the sea
Over mountains I hear calling
Come to set me free

On the wind I hear her stories
Echoing from shore to shore
From on high she whispers stories
Then grows into a roar
Over mountains over valleys
Over mountains to the sea
Over mountains I hear calling
Come to set me free

She is wise and she is old
Older than the oldest rock
Keeper of the flame of wisdom
They call her the Cailleach
Over mountains over valleys
Over mountains to the sea
Over mountains I hear calling
She’s come to set us free


Praise of Ben Dorain

The honour o'er each hill
Hath Ben Dorain ;
Scene, to me, the sweetest still
That day dawns upon :
Its long moor's level way,
And its nooks whence wild deer stray,
To the lustre on the brae
Oft I 've lauded them.

I would rather have the deer
Gasping meaningly,
Than all Erin's songs to hear
Sung melodiously ;
For above the finest bass
Hath the stag's sweet voice a grace,
As he bellows on the face
Of Ben Dorain.

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from This Fleeting Liberty, released May 9, 2017
'Over Mountains' composed by Alan Dickson. 'Praise of Ben Dorain' is a fragment of Duncan Ban MacIntyre's epic gaelic poem (mid 18th century) and tune composed by Alan Dickson. Gaelic translation by Thomas Pattison.

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Alan Dickson Glasgow, UK

Scottish singer songwriter Alan Dickson was born in Leith but now based in Glasgow. Alan writes about life in Scotland and beyond, mainly of a personal and political nature.

Descended from a Leith docker, he remarks: "as life mimics art I'm just like my grandfather, only he used a rivet gun and I use a guitar."

Among his influences are Robert Burns, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and Dick Gaughan. ... more

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