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This lament for Iain Garbh of Raasay is in Còisir a' Mhòid
(i. 50) ascribed to Mary MacLeod, on what authority is not
stated. Raasay tradition, as I am told by Mr. Alexander
Nicolson and others, unhesitatingly ascribes it to Iain Garbh's
Och nan och 's mi fo leireadh
mar a dh'eirich do'n ghaisgeach;
Chan 'eil sealgair na sithne
an diugh am frith nam beann casa.
Bha mi uair nach do shaoil mi,
ged is faoin bhi 'ga agradh,
Gun rachadh do bhàdhadh
gu bràth air cuan farsaing;
Fhad 's a sheasadh an stiuir dhith
's tu air CÙ1 a buill bheairte,
Dh'aindeoin ànradh nan^ dùilean à
agus ùpraid na mara;
Fhad 's a dh'fhanadh ri chèile
a cuid dhealgan 's a h-acuinn,
Is gum b'urrainn dhi gèilleadh
do d' làimh threun air an aigeann.
Ach b'i an doineann bha iargalt,
le gaoth à'n iar-thuath 's cruaidh fhrasan:
Thog i a' mhuir 'na mill dhùbhghorm
's smuais i an iùbhrach 'na sadan.
Hù o ro hò io hò hùg oireann o,
hò a o hù, èile e hò,
hù o ro hò io hò bhà,
hò ro bha, hiu ra bhò, hiu o rò,
hù o ro hò io hò hùg oireann o,
faill ill 6 iaill io hò.
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(i. 50) ascribed to Mary MacLeod, on what authority is not
stated. Raasay tradition, as I am told by Mr. Alexander
Nicolson and others, unhesitatingly ascribes it to Iain Garbh's
Och nan och 's mi fo leireadh
mar a dh'eirich do'n ghaisgeach;
Chan 'eil sealgair na sithne
an diugh am frith nam beann casa.
Bha mi uair nach do shaoil mi,
ged is faoin bhi 'ga agradh,
Gun rachadh do bhàdhadh
gu bràth air cuan farsaing;
Fhad 's a sheasadh an stiuir dhith
's tu air CÙ1 a buill bheairte,
Dh'aindeoin ànradh nan^ dùilean à
agus ùpraid na mara;
Fhad 's a dh'fhanadh ri chèile
a cuid dhealgan 's a h-acuinn,
Is gum b'urrainn dhi gèilleadh
do d' làimh threun air an aigeann.
Ach b'i an doineann bha iargalt,
le gaoth à'n iar-thuath 's cruaidh fhrasan:
Thog i a' mhuir 'na mill dhùbhghorm
's smuais i an iùbhrach 'na sadan.
Hù o ro hò io hò hùg oireann o,
hò a o hù, èile e hò,
hù o ro hò io hò bhà,
hò ro bha, hiu ra bhò, hiu o rò,
hù o ro hò io hò hùg oireann o,
faill ill 6 iaill io hò.
100
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Matheson Collection > Gaelic songs of Mary MacLeod > (140) |
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| Description | Gaelic half-title, entitled: Orain agus luinneagan Gàidhlig le Màiri nighean Alasdair Ruaidh. Edited with introduction, translation, notes, etc. by J. Carmichael Watson. |
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| Shelfmark | Mat.12 |
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| Description | Items from a collection of 170 volumes relating to Gaelic matters. Mainly philological works in the Celtic and some non-Celtic languages. Some books extensively annotated by Angus Matheson, the first Professor of Celtic at Glasgow University. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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