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Seinn

Song type: Calm
Language: Gaelic
Age group: 0-2, 3-5
Audience: Baby, Children, Families, Pre-birth, Toddler
Topics: Bookbug

How to use this song with babies

Babies love positive, gentle touch so why not sing or hum along to this calming song while stroking your wee one?

How to use this song with toddlers

Wee ones love repetition and this simple song is chock-full of it! Even just repeating the word ‘seinn’ (shine), which means sing in Gaelic, means that wee ones can catch the language and join in.

How to use this song with 3 to 5-year-olds

This song is all about singing along with your friends and family, which makes it a lovely one to sing in a group. 

Seinn lyrics

Seinn, seinn

Seinn, seinn

Còmhla ri do phàrantan, seinn

Seinn, seinn

Seinn, seinn

Còmhla ri do charaidean, seinn

Seinn gu h-ìosal.

Seinn gu h-ard

Seinn, seinn, seinn

Seinn gu mall

…seinn gu luath!

Seinn, seinn, seinn

Seinn, seinn

Seinn, seinn

Còmhla ri do phàrantan, seinn

Seinn, seinn

Seinn, seinn

Còmhla ri do charaidean, seinn

Seinn gu socair,

Seinn gu binn.

Seinn, seinn, seinn

Seinn aig an taigh,

Seinn anns gach àite.

Seinn, seinn, seinn

Seinn, seinn

Seinn, seinn

Còmhla ri do phàrantan, seinn

Seinn, seinn

Seinn, seinn

Còmhla ri do charaidean, seinn.

Written and performed by James Hind.