Biography:
Runrig were a Scottish folk rock band founded by brothers Calum and Rory Macdonald in 1973 in Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland. The band was popular across the United Kingdom, Denmark and Germany and was notable for combining original songs in Gaelic with a rock sound, thus reflecting the Gaelic culture.
Runrig began in 1973 as a three-piece named the "Run Rig Dance Band", its members comprising Calum Macdonald and Rory Macdonald, and their friend, accordionist Blair Douglas.
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- Every River
- Hearts Of Olden Glory
- Pride Of Summer
- Protect And Survive
- The Ocean Road
- Year Of The Flood
- 18Th July
- A Dhinnse Na Firinn
- Abhainn An T
- Air A Chuan
- Air An Traigh
- Alba
- All The Miles
- All Things Must Change
- Always The Winner
- Amazing Things
- An Cuibhle Mor
- An Ros
- An T
- An Ubhal As Airde
- And The Accordions Played
- And Well Sing
- Ard
- Big Sky
- Big Songs Of Hope And Cheer
- Book Of Golden Stories
- Canada
- Cearcal A Chuain
- Cho Buidhe Sa Bha I Riabh
- City Of Lights
- Clash Of The Ash
- Cnoc Na Feille
- Da Mile Bliadhna
- Dance Called America
- Dream Fields
- Dust
- Edge Of The World
- Eirinn
- Empty Glens
- Every Beating Heart
- Fichead Bliadhna
- Flower Of The West
- Foghar Nan Eilean 78
- Forever Eyes Of Blue
- Gabriels Sword
- Going Home
- Harvest Moon
- Headlights
- Healer In Your Heart
- Hearthammer
- Ill Keep Coming Home
- In Scandinavia
- In Search Of Angels
- Life Is
- Lighthouse
- Loch Lomond
- Mairi
- May Morning
- Maymorning
- Meadhan Oidhche Air An Acarseid
- Morning Tide
- Move A Mountain
- News From Heaven
- Nightfall On Marsco S Tu Mo Leannan
- O Cho Meallt
- Onar
- One Thing
- Only The Brave
- Oran
- Our Earth Was Once Green
- Pog Aon Oidhche Earraich
- Precious Years
- Pride Of The Summer
- Proterra
- Ravenscraig
- Recovery
- Rise And Fall
- Road And The River
- Rocket To The Moon
- Running To The Light
- Saints Of The Soil
- Satellite Flood
- Siol Ghoraidh
- Skye
- Smalltown
- Somewhere
- Song Of The Earth
- Sraidean Na Roinn
- Stamping Ground
- Stepping Down The Glory Road
- Tear Down These Walls
- Thairis Air A Ghleann
- That Final Mile
- That Other Landscape
- The Apple Came Down
- The Cutter
- The Dancing Floor
- The Everlasting Gun
- The Greatest Flame
- The Message
- The Mighty Atlantic
- The Old Boys
- The Only Rose
- The Place Where The Rivers Run
- The Ship
- The Story
- The Wedding
- The Wire
- The Years We Shared
- Things That Are
- This Beautiful Pain
- This Darkest Winter
- This Day
- This Is Not A Love Song
- This Time Of Year
- Tir A Mhurain
- Tir An Airm
- Travellers
- Wall Of China One Man
- Wonderful
- Worker For The Wind
- World Appeal
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
An excellent song by Runrig that's relatively easy to play even for beginners as there
are only 4 chords used (C, G, D, Em)
(Translation:
Gaidhlig: 'Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o'
English: 'There's a new grass growing on the top of the soil'
(Just singing in the verses. After the first two choruses, instruments stop playing and
there is only singing, apart from the 3 drum beats used on 'Tha feur ur air bar an
tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o' line.
Verse 1:
G C G
April comes to the new grass on the hills of gold
G C G C
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
G C
Where winter falls in the long cold north
G C G
Black waters wait in the Ice and snow
G C G C
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
G C
Black waters wait in the Ice and sun
C G
Through the glens where your great rivers run
Chorus:
C G D C
Back on the stamping ground
Em C G D
to where it all began
C G D C
Back on the stamping ground
G
We come again
Same notes for verses 2 & 3: (G, C)
Same chords for chorus: (C, G, D, C, Em,
C, G, D, C, G, D, C, G)
Verse 2:
So we tend and we nurtur all the seeds we've sown
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
Through all the frosts and rains the west winds blow
till the fields turn ripe and a harvest stored
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
Through all the frosts and rains the west winds blow
We will wait here till the winter's end
Chorus:
Back on the stamping ground
to where it all began
Back on the stamping ground
We come again
Verse 3:
So it's blood on blood, our bond, our word
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
For the strength and weakness of our days
is to take you there on a journey shared
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
So take this ring, make it sparkle and glow
it's much greater than we may ever know
Chorus:
Back on the stamping ground
to where it all began
Back on the stamping ground
We come again
are only 4 chords used (C, G, D, Em)
(Translation:
Gaidhlig: 'Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o'
English: 'There's a new grass growing on the top of the soil'
(Just singing in the verses. After the first two choruses, instruments stop playing and
there is only singing, apart from the 3 drum beats used on 'Tha feur ur air bar an
tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o' line.
Verse 1:
G C G
April comes to the new grass on the hills of gold
G C G C
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
G C
Where winter falls in the long cold north
G C G
Black waters wait in the Ice and snow
G C G C
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
G C
Black waters wait in the Ice and sun
C G
Through the glens where your great rivers run
Chorus:
C G D C
Back on the stamping ground
Em C G D
to where it all began
C G D C
Back on the stamping ground
G
We come again
Same notes for verses 2 & 3: (G, C)
Same chords for chorus: (C, G, D, C, Em,
C, G, D, C, G, D, C, G)
Verse 2:
So we tend and we nurtur all the seeds we've sown
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
Through all the frosts and rains the west winds blow
till the fields turn ripe and a harvest stored
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
Through all the frosts and rains the west winds blow
We will wait here till the winter's end
Chorus:
Back on the stamping ground
to where it all began
Back on the stamping ground
We come again
Verse 3:
So it's blood on blood, our bond, our word
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
For the strength and weakness of our days
is to take you there on a journey shared
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
So take this ring, make it sparkle and glow
it's much greater than we may ever know
Chorus:
Back on the stamping ground
to where it all began
Back on the stamping ground
We come again
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