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520 OBAIN.
Thèid i leam à tir nam fraoch-bheann
O'n tha daoin' air dol a fasan.
Thèid i, etc.
Seòlaidh sinn à tìr 'ar dùthchais,
'Cui' 'ar cìd-thaobh ris na beannail)h.
Thoid i, etc.
Tlieid i leam a null thar sàile,
Far an dean an Gàidheal beairteas.
Thèid i, etc.
'S ged a bhiodh gach là 'n a shànihradh,
'Chaoidh bidh tìr nani l)eann air iii' aiie.
Theid i, etc.
A's mu'n càirear anns an ìiir sinn,
'S i iiio dhvH'achd tilleadh dhachaidh.
Theid i, etc.
Chum 's gu'n tòi'rai- mise 's m' annsachd
'N tlr nan Beann nan Gleann 's nan Gaisgeach.
Thèid i, etc.
OCH, 'S MIS' THA CIANAIL, FAILINNEACH. . '
RiNNEADH an t-òran so le Gilleasbuig Mac Nimhein, a mhuinntir Chill-
a' Chomain a'n Ile, air dha fios fhaotainn gu 'n do chaochail Alasdair
a bhràthair ann au Demerara. Tha 'n t ùghdar aig an àm so 'n a
mhaighstir-sgoil aig Scòrraig, an Siorramaòhd Rois.
AiR FoNN. — "Màiri hhdtì Dhail-an-eas."
Och ! 's mis' tha cianail, fàilinneach,
'N gleann fàsaich, fad air chùil,
'S mi ri caoidh nam bràithrean,
Na h-àilleagain gheal, ùr,
Tha fear a's fear gu m' fhàgail dhiubh,
'S mo chridhe cràiteach, brùit'.

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Gaelic songster
Description"... An t-òranaiche: no, Co-thional taghte do òrain ùr agus shean, a' chuid mhòr dhiubh nach robh riamh roimhe ann an clò le Gilleasbuig Mac-na-ceardadh". Compiled and published by Gilleasbuig Mac-na-ceardadh, i.e. Archibald Sinclair.
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Matheson Collection
DescriptionItems 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.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected 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.