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C A T H U L A. 167
Ach co fo 'n còail an laoich,
'S a ceum air braon-dhealt na maidne;
Drùchd gean air a caoin-fhuil,
Mar dheur na h òich' air magh ri gàire ?
Tha gnuis mhaifeach fo fgàil a ciabh,
'S a ghrian a dealra' rompa,
Air rughadh a gruaidhe caoin ;
Mar ghath grein' air rofaibh ùr,
A dealradh air druchd fa mhadainn bhraonaich,
Co fo ach Rofga-geala,
Geug àillidh talla na crom-I :
Tha Sgara ga tabhairt do 'n laoch
A fgaoil doinionn na ftri.
" Deich nigheana ge bu learns' a laoich,
Gheibhe' tufa do ghaol do'n iomlan."
Mar fheabhaig a tuirling o'n aonach
Air eun an f hraoich na chuartaig,
Chluais
chorus-fong, a fpecies of compofition very ancient, and ftill
much ufed in the Highlands. The time of thefe pieces is
adapted to the various exercifes of rowing, reaping, fulling,
&c. The ancient Greeks ufed the fame kind of compofi-
tions for the like purpofes. A fpecimen of that which the
women ufed to fay while grinding their corn, called HM^xisr,
is preferved by Plutarch (in Conviv. Sapient.), and begins.