{"id":1987,"date":"2017-09-02T03:04:53","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T02:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martindoyleflutes.com\/news\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2025-10-27T04:26:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T04:26:42","slug":"eimear-mcgeown-performs-enyas-may-it-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martindoyleflutes.com\/news\/2017\/09\/02\/eimear-mcgeown-performs-enyas-may-it-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Eimear McGeown Performs Enya&#8217;s &#8216;May It Be&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Irish flute player <a title=\"Eimear McGeown - Classical and Irish Flute\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eimearmcgeown.com\/\">Eimear McGeown<\/a> has just published a lovely rendition of <a title=\"May It Be | Wikipedia\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/May_It_Be\">May It Be<\/a> &#8211; a song co-composed and sung by <a title=\"Enya\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enya\">Enya<\/a> for the 2001 Peter Jackson movie <a title=\"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Wikipedia\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring\">The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring<\/a>. Eimear is playing a keyless Martin Doyle C flute made of African Blackwood and is accompanied by Jonny Toman on guitar. Enjoy &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"May It Be by Enya from Lord of the Rings - Irish Flute\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RloKrV0g64I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And for anyone wishing to hear Enya&#8217;s original version of May It Be &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring \u2022 May It Be \u2022 Enya\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NJVxEaGrHS4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The lyrics of this song make a lovely poem &#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>May It Be<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>May it be an evening star<br \/>\nShines down upon you<br \/>\nMay it be when darkness falls<br \/>\nYour heart will be true<br \/>\nYou walk a lonely road<br \/>\nOh! How far you are from home<\/p>\n<p>Mornie utulie (darkness has come)<br \/>\nBelieve and you will find your way<br \/>\nMornie alantie (darkness has fallen)<br \/>\nA promise lives within you now<\/p>\n<p>May it be the shadow&#8217;s call<br \/>\nWill fly away<br \/>\nMay it be your journey on<br \/>\nTo light the day<br \/>\nWhen the night is overcome<br \/>\nYou may rise to find the sun<\/p>\n<p>Mornie utulie<br \/>\nBelieve and you will find your way<br \/>\nMornie alantie<br \/>\nA promise lives within you now<\/p>\n<p>A promise lives within you now<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Related<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Eimear and other musicians can be viewed playing Martin Doyle flutes here: <a title=\"Video Clips | Martin Doyle Flutes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@martindoyleflutes7588\">Martin Doyle Flutes | YouTube \u00bb<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irish flute player Eimear McGeown has just published a lovely rendition of May It Be &#8211; a song co-composed and sung by Enya for the 2001 Peter Jackson movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Eimear is playing a keyless Martin Doyle C flute made of African Blackwood and is accompanied [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,5,6,7,11],"tags":[623,429,22,621,23,622,25,146,210,215],"class_list":["post-1987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flute-players","category-martin-doyle-flutes","category-music","category-musicians","category-video-clips","tag-c","tag-clip","tag-eimear-mcgeown","tag-enya","tag-flute","tag-let-it-be","tag-martin-doyle","tag-player","tag-video","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martindoyleflutes.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martindoyleflutes.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martindoyleflutes.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martindoyleflutes.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martindoyleflutes.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.martindoyleflutes.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3151,"href":"https:\/\/www.martindoyleflutes.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987\/revisions\/3151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martindoyleflutes.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martindoyleflutes.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martindoyleflutes.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}