Little by Little Beag air Bheag
This is the second part of a lovely wee Scottish Gaelic song which Joy has hand-picked to celebrate Scotland's Year of Coasts and Waters. This is the chorus of Seallaibh Curaigh Eòghainn and is sung by Joy Dunlop. Watch the video then learn the song line-by-line. This video was originally filmed for LearnGaelic’s popular social media strand ‘Learn a Gaelic song’ and the format is slightly different.
Joy used one more Gaelic line in the second video, so let's learn that first.
1, 2, 3, 4
Let’s learn the first line of the first chorus:
Ewan will be, Ewan will be
Learn the tune.
Ewan will be, Ewan will be
Let’s learn the second line.
Bidh Eòghann na sgiobair oirr'.
Ewan will be the captain on her.
Sing along with Joy!
Bidh Eòghann na sgiobair oirr'
Ewan will be the captain on he
Put the first two lines together and sing loud!
Bidh Eòghann, Bidh Eòghann
Bidh Eòghann na sgiobair oirr'
Ewan will be, Ewan will be
Ewan will be the captain on her.
The third line is a repeat of the first line.
Ewan will be, Ewan will be
Let's learn how to sing it!
Ewan will be, Ewan will be
And the final line of the chorus is the same as the last line of the first verse.
'S i seachad air a' Rubha Bhàn.
And she is passing the White Point.
Let’s sing it
'S i seachad air a' Rubha Bhàn.
And she is passing the White Point.
Let’s sing the last two lines now!
Bidh Eòghann, Bidh Eòghann
'S i seachad air a' Rubha Bhàn.
Ewan will be, Ewan will be,
And she is passing the White Point.
Are you feeling confident? Let’s put all the lines together and start to work on the complete chorus.
Bidh Eòghann, Bidh Eòghann,
Bidh Eòghann na sgiobair oirr',
Bidh Eòghann, Bidh Eòghann,
'S i seachad air a' Rubha Bhàn.
Ewan will be, Ewan will be
Ewan will be the captain on her,
Ewan will be, Ewan will be,
And she is passing the White Point.
Are you feeling confident? Let’s put all the lines together and sing the song. It's on the next page.