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PREFACE. vii.
Collection is " Gnr h-e mise tha prànihail," and the
lirst of the poems collected by myself is " Thogainn
fonn gun bhi trom."
I have tried, to make this Collection a woi-k which
may be read and sung by all persons, and in any
company. I would rather burn all the songs in my
possession than publish one which would have a
tendency to do harm, or contain indelicate exjjres-
sions.
Many Gaelic songs of great excellence have been
published to which readers in general have at
present no access. They lie buried in such old
works as Ronald M'Donald's Collection, Gillies'
Collection, A. and D. Stewart's Collection, Tiirner's
Collection, Donald M'Leod's Collection, and M'Far-
lane's Collection. It is to be hoped that some of
our Gaelic Societies will take an interest in them,
and have them re-published. They are too good to be
left in their present inaccessible state. In the
meantime let us be thankful for the Dean of Lis-
more's book, Campbell's "Leabhar na Ft^inne,"
Mackenzie's " Sàr-obair nam Bard," Macpherson'3
"Duanaire," and Archibald Sinclair's "Oranaiche."
Gv, ma facia beò «' GÌMÌdìdU/.
A. MACLEAN SINCLAIR.
January (>, 1880.