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THE CKLTTC MONTPILY
GHOID IAD BHUAM THU.
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The Editor, Celtic Monthly.
Sir. — As requested I uow send you the song
of Ghoid iad hhuam thu, and may mention
hrierty, for the mformation of your Gaelic
readers, the occasion of my \\Titing it, as it
happens to be the last song of any kind that I
have ever written in foreign lands, ^\'hile
returnmg to India last year from wanderings
in Kiam and Cochin China, I was on my way
from Calcutta to Darjeeling in the Himalayas,
to spend the few days of my leave that then
remained unexpired. I missed my cash-box
shortly after leaving Calcutta, and reached the
mountain seat of L)arjeeling almost penniless,
as my money and many other articles were in
this same bos. The loss of the box consequently
caused me great inconvenience, and I had some
little trouble afterwards in procuring fmids to
bring me to my proper destination, some fifteen
hundred miles away.
The matter was at once reported to the
police, and a few days after my return I
received a telegram saying that the police had
recovered the box, but broken and with the
contents taken out of it. Sorry though I was
for the loss of its various contents, yet I was
pleased to get my old companion back agaiu ;
and as it had travelled far and wide with me
on laud and sea, I thought the least thing I
could do was to sing a commemorative Gaelic
song to its praise. And thus I sang the song of
Ghoid iad bhuam thu. which I uow submit for
your readers' perusal, while the bos. itself
remains safe in my possession.
Select verses from this song, as well as
Tir nam Beann-ard. will be sung by Mr.
Roderick JlacLeod, the Inverness Gaelic
singer, at the Annual Concert of the London
GaeUc Society, in St. Martin's Town Hall,
Trafalgar Square, on the Hth November.
Tir nam Bcann-ard will also be probably sung
at the forthcoming Mod in Glasgow, by the
Choir of the Glasgow Gaelic Musical Associa
tion, to whom the song is dedicated.
Yours &c.,
J. MacGregor,
Suri;eon-Major.
Air Fonn ;
" Mhali dhubh, ohu, oho."
Seisd.
Ghoid iad bhuam thu, ghoid iad bhuani,
Ghoid iad bhuam tliu aon uair,
Ach a chaoidli gu suthain, buau,
Cha ghoid iad bhuauisa rithist thu.
'All Calcutta inlior nam buth
Thachair orm gu dearbh an cu,
A ghoid bhuam mo chuid gun diu
Cho tuirseach trom 's a bhithinnsa.
Ghoid iad bhuam thu, ghoid iad bliu.im,
Ghoid am mearlach dubli gun bhaigli,
Ghoid e bucas beag mo ghraidh,
'S dli-fhag e mise caoidh le craidh,
An t-aileagan bu ghrinne leani.
Ghoid iad bhuani thu, ghoid iad bhuam,
'S ioiiia .seorsa bha nad blu-oinn,
Do 'm bu bhoidhche dreaoh 'us loinn,
Nithibh neonaoh 's moran bhuinn,
A rinn mi cruinn a chruinneachadh.
Ghoid iad bhuam thu, ghoid iad bhuam,
Marbhaisg air an t-salchair bhreun,
'Bhrist a'ghlas 'bha daingeann treun,
Glas nach fosgladh fear fodh 'n ghrein,
Na mhearlach breun ged bhitheadh e.
Ghoid iad bhuam thu, ghoid iad bhuam,
Measg nam mearlach charach, chruaidh,
Riamh cha d-fhuaireadh fios no luaidh,
Air aon iuchar' bheireadh buaidh,
No dheanadh fuasgladli idir ort.
Ghoid iad bhuam thu, ghoid iad bhuam,
etc.
etc.
"S ann bha 'n iuchar dh-fhosgladh tu
'Na mo phocaid achlais dluth,
'Nuair a bhual 's a bhrist an ou
A ghlas 'bha duinte, ceangailte.
Ghoid iad bhuam thu, ghoid iad bhuam, itc.
Null 's a nail thar cuaii 'us tuinn,
'S ioma bliadhna shiubhail sinn,
'S tusa, ghraidh, cho aluinn, griiin,
Ri cumal cruinn mo litrichean.
Ghoid iad bhuam thu, ghoid iad bhuam, &c.
Ach mo chreach mo dheireadli tliall,
Ghoideadh thu le bruid de Ghall,
'S dh-fhag thu mise caoidh do chall,
Gun fhios de 'n toll 's na chuir iad thu.
Ghoid iad bhuam thu, ghoid iad bhuam, &c.
'S bochd nach b' urrain dhut toirt glaodh,
"Nuair a chaidh an traill nad ghaoth,
'S cha b' ann aon-chuid mall no maotli,
Ach grad rid thaoblisa bhithinnsa.
Ghoid iad bhuam thu, ghoid iad bhuam, &c.
Hhrist am balgair niosach thu,
'S ghoid e 'n t-airgiod bha nad bhru,
'S thilg e bhuaith thu air bheag diu,
Mar ni nach b' fhiu leis bruidhinii air.
Ghoid iad bhuani thu, ghoid iad bhuam, etc.
'S 'nuair a fhuair mi thu fadlieoidh,
Brist 'us buailt air ioma doigh,
Dh-fhas mi cheart cho binn ri oigh,
Ri seinn deadh orau niilis dhut.
Ghoid iad bhuani thu, ghoid iad bhuam, kc.
Seadh 's gu 'n caraich sinn gun dail
Taobh nio ghaol a bhrist an traill,
'S triallaidh sinn a null thar ski,
Gu tir mo gliraidh 's mo chridliesa.
Ghoid iad bhuam thu, ghoid iad bhuam, &c.