Little by Little Beag air Bheag
Far am bi mi fhìn
This is a lovely wee Scottish Gaelic song which Joy has hand-picked to celebrate Scotland's Year of Coasts and Waters. This is Far am bi mi fhìn and this version 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 is so passionate about Gaelic she’s even urging you on in the language. Let’s get to grips with Joy’s enthusiastic praise!
Halò a chàirdean agus fàilte oirbh air ais gu òran na seachdaine còmhla riumsa, Joy Dunlop
Hello friends and welcome back to song of the week with me, Joy Dunlop
try that
very good
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Now we have all that, you can praise everyone you meet today in Gaelic! Let’s learn the first part of the chorus, beacuse she is lovely, Joy has broken this down into three parts:
Where I will be ...
there is ...
my hope
Put that together.
Far am bi mi fhìn is ann a bhios mo dhòchas
Where I will be, there is my hope
Sing along with Joy!
Far am bi mi fhìn is ann a bhios mo dhòchas
Where I will be, there is my hope
Repeat that line, but with a new tune.
Far am bi mi fhìn is ann a bhios mo dhòchas
Where I will be, there is my hope
Repeat that line, it's almost the same as the first line, but watch out for the last note.
Far am bi mi fhìn is ann a bhios mo dhòchas
Where I will be, there is my hope
Put the first three lines together and sing loud!
Far am bi mi fhìn is ann a bhios mo dhòchas
Far am bi mi fhìn is ann a bhios mo dhòchas
Far am bi mi fhìn is ann a bhios mo dhòchas
Where I will be, there is my hope
Where I will be, there is my hope
Where I will be, there is my hope
Let’s learn the final line. To make life easy, Joy has broken this down into two parts. Please note the sentence makes more grammatical sense than the two parts individually.
Where I will be,
my hope will be there
Put that together.
Far am bi mi fhìn bidh mo dhòchas ann
Where I will be, my hope will be there
Sing along with Joy!
Far am bi mi fhìn bidh mo dhòchas ann
Where I will be, my hope will be there
Are you feeling confident? Let’s put all the lines together and start to work on the complete chorus.
Far am bi mi fhìn is ann a bhios mo dhòchas
Far am bi mi fhìn is ann a bhios mo dhòchas
Far am bi mi fhìn is ann a bhios mo dhòchas
Far am bi mi fhìn bidh mo dhòchas ann
Where I will be, there is my hope
Where I will be, there is my hope
Where I will be, there is my hope
Where I will be, my hope will be there