An Tuagh - Stories and Song (Scottish Pagan Poetry)

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"Gather round, I have a story to tell…

We are flesh and bone,
Made of mud and stars long gone.
Our spirits truly exist in stories and song.
Rowing gently over our thoughts, like Seas.
In the sounds of the creaking trees.
Verse on the tongues of our families.

We die once when our blood runs cold,
A second when name and deeds go untold.
Immortality then gained like the gods of old:
'Cattle die, Kinsmen die.
But I know of that which does not die…'
These are the words of the High One,
Othin, Grimnir, the Old One-Eye.

But in the end, flesh and bone,
Is made of mud and stars long gone.
We only ever do exist,
In the telling of great stories and song."

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Music and Lyrics copyright Jamie Keddie (An tuagh) 2021

Video Editing by Sohlaroids (Matt Sohl)

[NathanForst]

Absolutely one of the single greatest tracks I have ever heard. I've been listening to it non-stop for days now on Spotify. Really well done.

More spoken word like this with gorgeous music, please. It's absolutely stunning.

Thank you for this.

[Miss_Ink_Addict]

Chills aw'er ma body! Tapadh leibh airson ar cultar a cho-roinn leis an t-saoghal. Tha thu a’ toirt orm a bhith a’ faireachdainn cho moiteil! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[thecableguy]

Very nice with the more Orcadian beliefs it's very interesting to see how pagan beliefs differ from region to region in Scotland normally you hear about the calliach and such :) thumbs up from me

[jaessaLock]

Congrats again on the release of your album! This is great!

[tomasbyrom]

Tapadh leibh! 'S fìor thoil leam seo! Glè mhath!

[Katharii]

Nice one mate. You have a stout heart. 💪🏻❤️

[thegrymwolf]

This is beautiful. How do you pronounce “An Tuagh”?