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22-EALAIDH GHAOIL-A MELODY OF LOVE.
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For kingdom
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tha I comhnuldli'n Srath
and friend>hip and bon - nie Strathmore,
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Gar gile mo leannan
Na'n eal' air an t-i
Na cobhar na tuinne,
'S 6 tilleadh gu traigb,
Na'm blath bhainne buaile^
'S a chuach leis f o bharr,
No sneachd nan gleann dosrach
'O a fhroiseadh mu'n bhlar.
Mar na neoil bhuidhe lubas
Air stuchdaibh nan sliabh,
Tha cas-fhalt mo ruin-sa
Gu Biubhlach a eniomh;
Tha gruaidh mar an ros
Nuair a's boidhche bhios fhiamh
Fo or-dhealt a Cheitein
Mu'n eirich a ghrian.
Nuair thig samhradh nan neoinean
A comhdach nam bruach,
Bi'dh gach eoinean 'a a cbrochd-choill'
A ceol leis a chuaich;
•S bi'dh mise gu h-eibhinn
A leunmaich 's a ruaig,
Fo dhluth-gheugaibh Bgaileach,
A iinn.nrn.Ti ri m' loaldh.
Not the swan on the lake,
Or the foam on the Bhore,
Can compare with the charmt
Of the maid I adore;
Not so white is the new milk
That flows o'er the pail.
Or the snow that is shower'd
From the brow of the vale.
As the cloud's yellow wreath
On the mountain's high brow»
So the locks of my fair one
Redundantly flow;
Her cheeks have the tint
That the roses display
When they glitter with dew
In the morning of May.
When summer bespangles
The landscape with flowers.
And the thrush and the cuckoo
Sing soft in their bowers,
Through the wood-shaded windings
With BeUa I 'U rove,
And feast unrestrained
On the smilea of my love.
The first verse of the Gaelic words is ttie oemiKwitioo ot liirs MaoKbnzix ot Balone. The rest, Gsello tak
Sngliih, is by Bwm