Lamph entered Róisín Dubh into the Irish Eurosong selection 2009.

***Update as of 10-02-2009:- Unfortunately, it was rejected by Linda Martin & the RTE panel...***

The song is a mix of Irish ballad, and ethnic-influenced dance beats. It uses allusions to old Irish rebel songs (e.g. "Four green fields", and "Only our rivers run free") to pass social commentary on the unjust price hiking and evil rip-off culture that the "celtic tiger" brought to Ireland.

If chosen, this will be the first Eurovision song since the 1970's to feature the Irish language. Hopefully they will have the good sense to choose it.

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Here are the lyrics of "Róisín Dubh":-

Verse 1.
Roisín Dubh, Roisín Dubh, Ag caoineadh arís,
Though your fields all in bloom,
And your rivers still run free,
And your sons, fine strong sons,
Keep strangers at bay,
Still you cry, Rosaleen, And softly say

Chorus 1.
My heart breaks to see the young brought to their knees,
Breaks to see my lands in slavery,
I must go. I seek a land thats fair and free,
I can never call this home again.
(Fill, fill, fill, a rún-o!
Fill a rún-o is ná h-imigh uaim arís.)

Verse 2.
Well her sons had sons, but alas, there were some,
Not so rich nor so strong as their fathers before,
They surrendered land, were denied regrant,
Black Rent has bloomed once more, (said she)

Chorus 2.
Rosaleen, mo chuisle, close your weary eyes,
(Fill, fill, fill, a rún-o!)
Take my hand and fly,
(Fill a rún-o is ná h-imigh uaim arís.)
Well awake far and free from a chéad a mhíle lies,
(Fill, fill, fill, a rún-o!)
We can never call this home again.

Verse 3.
Níl aon marthanóirí í shúila an tígre,
Thit do mhacra, na chruba marfach faoi,
Agus tú ró reámhsealbhaithe leis na stríoca!
(Tá ár nduiche caillte againn go deo, go deo, GO DEO!!!)

Chorus 3.
Rosaleen, mo chuisle, close your weary eyes,
(Go deo, deo, deo, a rún-o!)
Take my hand and fly,
(Go deo a rún-o is tú imithe arís.)
Well awake far and free from a chéad a mhíle lies,
(Go deo, deo, deo, a rún-o!)
We can never call this home again.

Verse 4
(Nuair a leigheastar an pian den galar de hocht gcead bliain, Tháinig dúinn an ailse. Gcuid sé do chroi.)

Chorus 4.
Well awake far and free from a chéad a mhíle lies,
We can never call this home again.
(Go deo a rún-o is tú imithe arís.)
Can you ever call this home again?


Songs featured in this promo include:-
"Follow u"
"My lust will go on"
"Waking Nightmare"
"Rock da DÉISE!!!"
"Te Deum" (aka the official eurovision theme tune)
and...
"Róisín Dubh " (obviously!)

The song was writen by:-
Clodagh Jackson,
Eoin Jackson,
Nuala Jackson,
and Gina Leahy.

The performers featured in this video are:-
Clodagh Jackson,
Sylvia Dowdall,
Eoin Jackson,
Richie Flynn,
Shane O'Neill,
Nicky Wicks,
Dean O'Sullivan,
Leigh Ryan,
and Michelle Jackson


Thanks for reading this. And to help us wlrfm promote the song, you should copy the link to this vid, & email it to 2010 everyone you know!!! :) (I don't ask much...!)

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There's not much point to this petition, but it does still exist, so there's the link...!

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