Phillip’s Little Boat is an old Irish childhood song. The melody is simple yet timeless and beautiful.
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Here’s a link to my husband Jim and I playing it in the “Tune of the Month” archives on my website, happyhollowmusic.com
And here it is sung in the original Gaelic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FEU5GMPPNI
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More about the history of of Feilimí Cam Ó Baoill, a chieftain of the Rosses, West Donegal in the 17th century. He had to take to the Islands off Donegal to escape his archenemy.
https://www.donal-kearney.com/blog/baidin-fheilimi
Gaelic and English Lyrics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Báidín_Fheilimí
Gola Island (small island off the coast of Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gola_Island
Tory Island or Toraigh Island (north-west coast of County Donegal in the north-west of Ulster, the northern province in Ireland.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tory_Island
Finger Lakes Fiddle Orchestra 