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Anna ged nach 'eil mi stocail,
Cha n-e 'n t-snathad mo cheird chosnidh ;
Dheaninn aran eorna 's coirce
'Mach ris an droch shide dhuit.
Ma ni thu mar 'tha thu 'labhirt,
'S gun cum thu riumsa do ghealladh,
So mo lamh gur mi do leannan,
'S nach bi balach sinte riut.
In i860, the late John F. Campbell took down
a tale from the recitation of Angus Macdonald of
Stoney Point, in South Uist, Aonghus Mac Iain
Mhic Aonghuis. The reciter of the tale told Mr.
Campbell that the song entitled, A Nighean
Bhuidh' bhan, was composed by his mother, that
she died in 1790, and that she was at the time of
her death one hundred years of age. — Popular
Tales of the West Highlands, Vol. III., p. 146.
DOAIHNULL MAC-GILLEMHOIRE.
Donald Morrison was apparently a native of
Coll. He seems to have passed his younger days
in the service of Hector Maclean, eleventh of Coll.
He lived in Tiree during the latter part of his life.
ORAN
Do dh-Eachann Mac-Gilleahi, Tighearna Chola,
LE DOMHNULL MAC-GILLEMHOIRE.
Aithris bhuamsa gu soilleir
Gu Tighearna Chola
Gun do chain mi le corrich mo sheol.
Aithris bhuamsa, &c.