[PROLOGUE] [LIZ]: (Uilleann pipes alone; low drone, a rising phrase, then an ornamented descent. Keep a quiet drone beneath later vocals.) [INTRO] [JILL]: (Fingerstyle electric bass enters; deep held notes, one muted pickup before each new bar.) [SEPHYR-GLEN]: (Concert grand enters; high bell-like notes over sparse, warm chords.) [MILFRED]: (Brushed snare and damped kick enter; slow 6/8 sway, leaving the bass pickups exposed.) [ROXI]: (Clean electric guitar enters; two clipped blues bends, then sparse chord fragments. Sing in Irish; low smoky warmth, loose offbeat entries, affectionate bite.) Can amhrán na sinsear, Go ciúin, a stór, Tríd an oíche fhada, Sa ghaoth thar na sléibhte. Tá a gcuimhne beo sa chiúnas, Tá a spiorad linn sa cheol. [CHOIR]: (Enter with quiet, wordless humming beneath the lead; sustain through the verses.) [VERSE 1] [ROXI]: (Intimate melody; lean into consonants, let the last vowels linger. Guitar answers only between phrases.) Mar shnáithe an ghrá, Mar rian sa chroí, Tá cuimhne na sinsear Linn go fóill. Ní bhaineann sé le titim Ná le héirí chun glóire, Ach le fírinne shimplí Atá beo ionainn. [CHORUS] [JILL]: (Widen the bass line with a rising answer after each second vocal line.) [SEPHYR-GLEN]: (Open the piano harmony; gospel voicings, no increase in tempo.) [CHOIR]: (Humming opens into soft three-part harmony; stay below Roxi.) [ROXI]: (Warm, full alto; earthy rather than solemn, gently delaying each phrase ending.) Fanaigí ar bhur suaimhneas, A chairde liom. Éistigí leis an ngaoth, Éistigí leis an amhrán. Ní bhaineann sé le titim Ná le héirí chun glóire, Ach le fírinne shimplí Atá linn i gcónaí. [BREAK] [CHOIR]: (Stop humming.) [JILL]: (Two low syncopated notes, a full-beat rest, then an upper-register reply; repeat for eight bars.) [MILFRED]: (Catch the bass pickups with soft kick accents; leave its full-beat rest empty.) [SEPHYR-GLEN]: (Piano repeats a descending three-note figure, changing the chord beneath it.) [ROXI]: (Guitar holds one slow bend over the bass rest, then answers the piano with a clipped double-stop.) [LIZ]: (Pipes develop the opening melody over this eight-bar exchange; rise, ornament, return to the low drone.) [VERSE 2] [JILL]: (Return to deep held notes and muted pickups.) [MILFRED]: (Return to the soft brushed sway.) [ROXI]: (Return close to speech in pitch, still singing; tender, grainy, unforced. Sparse guitar chords.) Tá solas sa dorchadas, Tá amhrán sa ghaoth. Tá lorg na mblianta Faoinár gcosa go fóill. Go raibh míle maith agaibh As an ngrá agus as an nguth. Tá cuimhne na sinsear Beo ionainn anocht. [FINAL CHORUS] [CHOIR]: (Return in warm, wordless harmony; broaden without overpowering the lead.) [ROXI]: (Open smoky alto, clear Irish words; a little rasp on the strongest notes, no belting.) Fanaigí ar bhur suaimhneas, A chairde liom. Éistigí leis an ngaoth, Éistigí leis an amhrán. Ní bhaineann sé le titim Ná le héirí chun glóire, Ach le fírinne shimplí Atá linn i gcónaí. [OUTRO] [CHOIR]: (Close the hum and stop.) [ROXI]: (Mute guitar; whisper in Irish, warm and direct.) Do na daoine a tháinig romhainn. Go raibh míle maith agaibh. [JILL]: (One low bass note; damp it completely.) [MILFRED]: (One soft brush sweep; stop.) [SEPHYR-GLEN]: (One high piano chord; release the pedal, let its decay end.) [LIZ]: (Uilleann pipes alone; expansive high-register solo, curling ornaments and long held notes. Return to the opening descent; chanter and drones stop together, leaving only their reverb.) [END]
