Gorm Melody and Irish lyrics of Gorm thought to be from the singing of Peg Flaherty, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell on Inishmore island, June 1955. English lyrics by Susan McKeown Will you welcome, will you welcome my love, my lover when they carry me home Will you welcome, will you welcome my children, my children when they carry me home Will you remember, will you remember your child, your daughter when they carry me home Gorm means blue The melody and Irish lyrics are a keen, from the Irish "caoin"; to keen or lament, to cry or weep. This pre-Christian ritual was orally passed down through generations of women, in Ireland and elsewhere.