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THE CELTIC MAGAZINE.
Key D.
MOLADH NA H-OIGHE GAIDHEALAIOH.
Lively.
D.C.
m ., r
fjorin - sliiiil
m : s . 1
bhoiJU - eacli An
mio - gach, 'S nam
., 1
fliuilt
s . m : m.
bhach - al - aich,
<neiichJ - .1 - irheal.
'S e sud an t-eideadh
Ki 'n eireadh ni'aigne-aa,
'S mo nigbean GbaiJhealaoli,
Aluinn agam ann ;
O bheul na hoidhclie
Gu soills' na madainne,
Gu'ai b'dit nar sugradh
Gun dusal cadail oiin.
Ged tlia na bain-tigliearnan
Gallda. fasanta,
Thug oigh na Gaelig,
Barr am mais' orra,
Gur annir sheoigbu i'
Gun sgoid ri deaic' oiira,
Na h earradh gle mhath
De dh'eudadli breacauach.
Gur foinnidb, mileanta
Direacb, dreacbmhor, i,
Clia lub am feoirnean
Fo broig 'nurtir shaltras i ;
Tba deirge a's gile
Co-nihire gleachdanaich,
Na gnuls ghil, eibhinn,
Rinn ceudan airtneulach.
Keidh dheud cbomlinard
An ordugh innealta,
Fo bhilibb sar-dhaitht',
Airblath bherniillian ;
Tba baghaidh narach
Cho !an lie cbinealtachd,
'S g'ln tng a b-aogas,
Gach aou an ciomachas.
Gar binne combradli
Na oraid fhileanta,
Tha gutli ni'.s ceolmhoir',
Na oi;;h cheol binn-fhaclach,
Cba laidheadh bion oirn,
No leon, no iomadan,
Ki faigbinn sgeul duinn
O bheul na finne sin.
'Nuair tliig a B'lealltainn,
'S an Sambradh lusanacb,
Ei'dh sinu air riii idb,
Air ard nan uchdanan,
])i'dh cruit nan gleanntaa
Gu canntair, cuirteasacL,
Gu trie gar dusgadh
Le surd gu moch-eiridh.
'S bi'dh 'n crodh, 's na caoirich,
'S an fhraocb Mg inealtradh,
'S na gohh'raibh bailg-fbionn,
Gu ball-bhreac, bior-shuileach,
Bi'dh 'n t-al 's an leimuich
Gun cheiil, gun chion orra,
Ri gleachd 's ri comhrag
'S a snotach bhileagan.
Bi'dh misfi, a's Mairi
Gach la 's na glacagan,
No'n doire geugach
Nan eunan breac iteach,
Bi'dh cuach, a's smeorach,
Ri ceol 's ri caiseatnachd,
'S a gabbail orain
Le sgomain bhlasda dhuinn.
Note. — The above is one of the most popular of William Ross' songs, and is well
worthy of V>eing reproduced here. The fidlowing appreciative notice of it apjiears ia
Reid's " Bibli'itheca Scoto-Celtica'' :— " William Ross chiefly deliglited in pastoral poetry,
of which Im seized the true and genuine spirit — ' Moladh na h-oiyhe Gaelich,'' or his
'Praise of tlie Highland Maid,' is a masterpiece in this species of composition. It em-
braces evcrytliing that is lovely in a rural scene, and the description is couched in the
most api^ropriate language." — W. M'K.