# Identify this song plz (might be Irish lullaby, but perhaps not...)

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**Created:** [May 15, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-plz-might-be-irish-lullaby-but-perhaps-not/175417 "2003-05-15T12:11:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-plz-might-be-irish-lullaby-but-perhaps-not/175417/1 "2003-05-15T12:11:32Z")

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There is a song I remember as a kid, that I have always labled in my brain as being a lullaby, in Irish. It may _very well_ not be, in fact the more I think of the bit of the lyrics I remember, the less likely it is…

The bit of lyric I remember is (phonetically):

ver mey o, o rovano, ver mey o, o rovanee

Or something like that…  
Googling around turned up in the end a couple of hits for “vermeo” as a song title, but it was on a CD with songs like “Mission not impossible” and “Mi Corazon - Smokers Mix”… sounds unlikely company for something that was sung to me as a baby a quater century ago? 😃

Anyone want to give that a shot?

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**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-plz-might-be-irish-lullaby-but-perhaps-not/175417/2 "2003-05-15T20:30:49Z")

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Just one bump for the evening crew.

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**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-plz-might-be-irish-lullaby-but-perhaps-not/175417/3 "2003-05-16T14:33:23Z")

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I know it: it’s trad Hebridean, and called the Eriskay Love Lilt (aka When I’m Lonely, Dear White Heart). The first line is spelt “Vair me o, ro van o”. [Here](http://www.acronet.net/~robokopp/scottish/vairmeor.htm) is one of many sites with lyrics and MIDI file.

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**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-plz-might-be-irish-lullaby-but-perhaps-not/175417/4 "2003-05-16T16:21:17Z")

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WOW! SDMB… it’s amazing. Thank you raygirvan!