{"id":58804,"date":"2025-02-23T19:41:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T18:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=58804"},"modified":"2026-02-23T02:12:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T01:12:54","slug":"deanta-ready-for-the-storm-the-song-of-a-lonely-sailor-in-the-middle-of-a-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/02\/23\/deanta-ready-for-the-storm-the-song-of-a-lonely-sailor-in-the-middle-of-a-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9anta, 'Ready for the storm': the song of a lonely sailor in the middle of a storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been a fan of folk and Celtic music for many years and have a large collection of records in that style and from different sources.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/04\/26\/siuil-a-ruin-the-ukrainian-version-of-a-beautiful-irish-ballad-about-love-and-war\/\">'Si\u00fail a R\u00fain': the Ukrainian version of a beautiful Irish ballad about love and war<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/07\/21\/the-wayfaring-stranger-the-story-of-the-beautiful-christian-song-from-the-movie-1917\/\">'The Wayfaring Stranger', the story of the beautiful Christian song from the movie '1917'<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>Among the songs of Irish origin that I have in my collection, there is one that I often remember. <strong>It is called \"Ready for the storm\" and was recorded by the Northern Irish group D\u00e9anta in 1994<\/strong>, covering a song published by the Scottish singer-songwriter <strong>Dougie MacLean<\/strong> in 1983. I first heard D\u00e9anta's version and I recognize that the voice of its vocalist, <strong>Mary Dillon<\/strong>, gives a magical touch to this song.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This song is about a lonely sailor sailing through a storm.<\/strong> It is a song that captures the hard life of the sea, something that sailors from Ireland and other countries bathed by that powerful giant that is the Atlantic Ocean know very well. I remember this song on days of gales and storms (in all kinds of storms). <strong>Here you can listen to D\u00e9anta's version:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ready For The Storm\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vamIxPKEXS0?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 since he wrote and composed the song, I think it's only fair to include <strong>Dougie MacLean's original version here as well:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ready For The Storm\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OonBCD1fkWk?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>These are <strong>the lyrics of the song:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The waves crash in and the tide pulls out,<br \/>\nIt's an angry sea, but there is no doubt<br \/>\nThat the lighthouse will keep shining out,<br \/>\nTo warn the lonely sailor.<\/p>\n<p>And the lightning strikes and the wind cuts cold<br \/>\nThrough the sailor's bones, to the sailor's soul,<br \/>\nTil there's nothing left that he can hold,<br \/>\nExcept the rolling ocean.<\/p>\n<p>But, I am ready for the storm,<br \/>\nYes sir, ready,<br \/>\nI am ready for the storm,<br \/>\nI'm ready for the storm.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, give me mercy for my dreams<br \/>\nCause every confrontation seems to tell me<br \/>\nwhat it really means<br \/>\nto be this lonely sailor.<\/p>\n<p>But when the sky begins to clear,<br \/>\nThe sun it melts away my fear,<br \/>\nI'll cry a silent, weary tear<br \/>\nFor those that need to love me.<\/p>\n<p>But, I am ready for the storm,<br \/>\nYes sir, ready,<br \/>\nI am ready for the storm,<br \/>\nI'm ready for the storm.<\/p>\n<p>Distance, it is no real friend,<br \/>\nAnd time will take its time,<br \/>\nAnd you will find that in the end,<br \/>\nIt brings you me the lonely sailor.<\/p>\n<p>And when you take me by your side,<br \/>\nYou love me warm, you love me<br \/>\nAnd I should have realised,<br \/>\nI had no reasons to be frightened.<\/p>\n<p>And I am ready for the storm,<br \/>\nYes sir, ready,<br \/>\nI am ready for the storm,<br \/>\nYes sir, ready,<br \/>\nI am ready for the storm,<br \/>\nYes sir, ready,<br \/>\nI am ready for the storm,<br \/>\nI'm ready for the storm.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/es\/fotos\/barco-navegando-en-cuerpo-de-agua-arYiUpN5tZk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joel Bengs<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been a fan of folk and Celtic music for many years and have a large collection of records in that style and from different sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,11348],"tags":[557,23845,23846,21744],"class_list":["post-58804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-music","tag-deanta","tag-dougie-maclean","tag-mary-dillon","tag-northern-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}