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Cha robh ualr gun chuartach ur dhomh,
Gur ciuirte rinn iad ni' fhagaii,
Nis 'n lagaich iad mo phearsa,
Tha mo sgairt air ni' fliagail.
Gran do Dhonnaciia Mag Aonghuis, da 'm
bu cho' ainm Donncha na beurla*; Le lain
Mac Thearlaich oig, duin' uasal bh' ann am
Muile.
Fonn. — 'Se latha Raon Ruairidli, &c.
Cha n' e goirteas mo shròine,
Ged tha dòruinn na mullach,
Chuir m' aigne cho brònach,
Na mo chòradh fo mhulad ;
Ach sar oigeir na bèurla,
Air gach feiil a fhuair urram,
'N deigh a bhristeadh le beisdean
'S tric bha 'n geìmnich am Muile.
Ruigidh bristeadh a Chaiptein,
Cluasan claisteachd a Phrionnsa,
Fear a fhreasdail na airc e,
* This hero proposing to have the Prinde crowned after
the battle of Culloden with the assistance of three men,
blaming those who M'ere at that battle for not doing $o when
»o raany of them were together. ' '
t Being formerly a drover, but failed.
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