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Chum e suas iad, 's thubhairt e
Le feala-dhà 'na chalnnt :
" Is mò mo cheann-s' dà uair na t'fhear-sa,
'S the'id iad ort gun taing,
' Leig dhomh an teabar sin 's am poU
A ghlanadh bhàrr do ghnùis;
Fuirich ri biadh, oir 's cinnteach mi
Gu bheil tliu 'call do lùis."
"'Se so," ars' lain, "co'-là mo bhainns',
'S bu sgeigeil e ri ràdh,
Gu'n itlieadh mo bhean aig Edmonton
Is mise 'n so fo pliràmh."
'N sin labliair lain ris an each,
" Tha cabhag orm gu m' bhiadh ;
Air t'ùilleas thùinig mise 'n so,
The'id thus' air t'-ais do m' riar."
1 bòsd na tubaist a blia'n so,
Mar dh'f hiosraich e gun dàil ;
Oir asail f had-chhiasach blia dlùtii
Thog raoiclidil clioimheach ùrd.
Le srann gu'n tliog an t-each a cheann,
Ceart mar roimh leòmliann garg ;
'S air falbh le 'uile lìis a ris,
Tlieich e 'na shradaibh dearg.
Air falbh chaidh Gilpin, is air falbh
Cliaidli 'ad 's a ghrnag 'nan deann ;
'An tiota thuit iad, chioim gu'n robh
lad niogha 's mòr d'a cheaim.
'Nuair cliunnaic bcan lain Ghilpin e
A' marcaclid nuas co bras.
Chum e suas iad, 's thubhairt e
Le feala-dhà 'na chalnnt :
" Is mò mo cheann-s' dà uair na t'fhear-sa,
'S the'id iad ort gun taing,
' Leig dhomh an teabar sin 's am poU
A ghlanadh bhàrr do ghnùis;
Fuirich ri biadh, oir 's cinnteach mi
Gu bheil tliu 'call do lùis."
"'Se so," ars' lain, "co'-là mo bhainns',
'S bu sgeigeil e ri ràdh,
Gu'n itlieadh mo bhean aig Edmonton
Is mise 'n so fo pliràmh."
'N sin labliair lain ris an each,
" Tha cabhag orm gu m' bhiadh ;
Air t'ùilleas thùinig mise 'n so,
The'id thus' air t'-ais do m' riar."
1 bòsd na tubaist a blia'n so,
Mar dh'f hiosraich e gun dàil ;
Oir asail f had-chhiasach blia dlùtii
Thog raoiclidil clioimheach ùrd.
Le srann gu'n tliog an t-each a cheann,
Ceart mar roimh leòmliann garg ;
'S air falbh le 'uile lìis a ris,
Tlieich e 'na shradaibh dearg.
Air falbh chaidh Gilpin, is air falbh
Cliaidli 'ad 's a ghrnag 'nan deann ;
'An tiota thuit iad, chioim gu'n robh
lad niogha 's mòr d'a cheaim.
'Nuair cliunnaic bcan lain Ghilpin e
A' marcaclid nuas co bras.
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Hew Morrison Collection > Leabhar nan cnoc > (328) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/76872689 |
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Description | A selection of items from a collection of 320 volumes and 30 pamphlets of literary and religious works in Scottish Gaelic. From the personal library of Hew Morrison, the first City Librarian of Edinburgh. |
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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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