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Shèid Balaam na niàla
Osna chnàmh chrònaidh.
.Shearg i le tabhann
Seachd cathan nam fiantan,
'S i lagaich a chiad uair
Neart Dhiarmaid 'us (ihoill.
Turruraich an dòlais,
Hha greis aig Iain òg dhi ;
( 'hosg i ribheidean cònlaich
'Na chòmhnadh le nì.
Bha i còrr is seachd hliadhna
'N a h-atharais bhialain,
Aig Mac Eachainn 'g a riasladh,
Air sliabh Chnoc-an lin. *
An fhiudhaidh shean
Nach dìiisg gean,
( rnìiìs nach glan còmhdach :
'S mairg dha 'm bu leannan
A chrannalach dheònaidh,
("hàite gràn eòrna
Leis na dh' fhòghnadh dh'i ghaoith.
Mu 'n cuirear fo h-inneal
Corra bhinneach na glaodhaich,
'S inneadh air aodach
Na dh' fheumas i 'shnàth.
* Cnoc-a-linn : a township in the Paible district of North Uist.
The name is a memorial of the davs wlien flax was grown in the
Highlands.

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Poems and songs of John MacCodrum, Archibald MacDonald, and some of the minor Uist bards
DescriptionEdited with introductions and notes by Archibald MacDonald. The Uist Collection.
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Hew Morrison Collection
DescriptionA 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.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected 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.