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THE CELTIC MAGAZINE.
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and liquor were plentifully put before him ; lie ate, but refused to drink,
except from the hands of the lady herself. Informed of the strange re-
quest of the apparent mendicant, the lady, always charitable and bene-
Toleut, came at once and handed him a cup. Sir Colin drank to her
health, and dropping a ring into the empty cup, returned it to her. The
lady, observant of the action, retired ami examined the ring. It was her
own gift to her husband when he departed on his distant expedition ; it
had been his talisman in the field, and had been kept sacred by him.
" My husband ! my husband ! " she exclaimed, and rushing in, tlirew
herself into his arms. A shout of joy from the clansmen rent the air,
and the pipers made the court-yard resoimd AAdth the pibroch of the
Campbells. The Laron ]\IacCorquodale was allowed to depart in safety ;
but Sir- Colin Dubh, the son and successor of the Templar, after his
father's death, attacked the liaron, and overcoming him in battle, took
possession of his Castle and estate.
TOKQUIL.
Bha mi 'bmadar an raoir
A bhi 'n caoimhneas ri m' ghradh
'S nuair a thionndaidh mi null
Bha do ruin falamh fas.
Thug mi gaol, &c.
Cha'n eil leannan agam fein
Fo'n a ^hrein ach a dha ;
Fear diubh 'n Glasachu nam butb
'S fear air cbul nan seol ard.
Thug mi gaol, &c.
Bha mi deas a's bha mi tuath,
Bha mi 'n Ciuaidh uair no dha;
Dhe 'n a chuuna mi fo'ii ghrein,
Thug mi speis do'u Fhear Bhaa.
Thug mi gaol, &c.
Cha teid mise 'thigh a' chiuil —
Thuit mo shugradh gu lar ;
Bho'n a chualas thusa 'ruin
Bhi sa ghrunnd far nach 'traigh.
Thug mi gaol, kc.
Note.— Who the composer of the above words and air was, I don't know. There is,
perhaps, nothing poetieally beautiful about the words— their simplicity in my estimation
being their principal merit. The melody to which they are .sung ia popular all over the
Highlands, and deservedly so, for in pathetic tenderness it can scarcely be equalled. I
ftm aot aware that the meledy has ever been printed till aow.- W. M'K.