[Refrain] Hoireann is O-ho Hi, ro ho, oh ho ro Hoireann is O-ho Him-o, ro ho, oh ho ro
[Verse] Hi-ri, hi-ra Hi-ri, hi-ra
[Bridge] Saol na saol Tús go deireadh Tá muid beo Go deo
[Bridge] Saol na saol Tús go deireadh Tá muid beo Go deo
[Interlude]
[Refrain] Hoireann is O-ho Hi, ro ho, oh ho ro Hoireann is O-ho Him-o, ro ho, oh ho ro
[Verse] Hi-ri, hi-ra Hi-ri, hi-ra
[Outro] Hoireann is O-ho Hi-ri, him ho-ro ho
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The title track off Enya’s 1987 debut album The Celts, later reissued as Enya.
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What did Enya say about "The Celts"?
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According to Enya.sk, Enya declared in a 1987 BBC interview:
For the signature tune, I was looking for something that was both catchy and original and different to everything else I had written for The Celts. And, um, I had been working with the piano and the synthesizer and it happened on the synthesizer that I got this riff. Um, it went sort of ‘bum bum-bum bum-bum,’ you know, this type. And I got excited about it and then I started writing the right hand melody. And it just from there on worked for me really.