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Buidheann rìoghail 's fior-ghlan alia,
Buidheann gun fhiamh 's iotadh fal' orr' ;
Buidheann gun sgàth 'm blàr no 'n deannal
Foinnidh, nàrach, làidir, fearail.
Buidheann mòr 's am pòr nach troicheil,
Dh' fhàs gu meamnach dealbhach toirteil ;
Fearail fo 'n airm 's mairg d' a nochdadh
Ri uchd stoirm nach leanahail coltas.
Suidheam mu 'n bhord stolda, beachdail,
'N t-sùil 's an dòrn nach 51 a mach i,
Slàint' Shir Seumas 'se thigh'n dhachaigh,
Aon Mhac Dhe mar sgeith d' a phearsa.
ORAN
DO SHIR SEUMAS MAC-DHOMHNUILL
SHLEIBHTE.
Air tuiteam a' m' chadal a nis o chionn fada,
Gu 'n d' thachair dhomh aiceid a stad ann am bhrcàghad
Tha cneadh air mo ghiiilain tha àmgharrach ciùirte,
Cha bhi mi "g a mùchadh gu 'n riiisg mi os àird i :
Buidheann rìoghail 's fior-ghlan alia,
Buidheann gun fhiamh 's iotadh fal' orr' ;
Buidheann gun sgàth 'm blàr no 'n deannal
Foinnidh, nàrach, làidir, fearail.
Buidheann mòr 's am pòr nach troicheil,
Dh' fhàs gu meamnach dealbhach toirteil ;
Fearail fo 'n airm 's mairg d' a nochdadh
Ri uchd stoirm nach leanahail coltas.
Suidheam mu 'n bhord stolda, beachdail,
'N t-sùil 's an dòrn nach 51 a mach i,
Slàint' Shir Seumas 'se thigh'n dhachaigh,
Aon Mhac Dhe mar sgeith d' a phearsa.
ORAN
DO SHIR SEUMAS MAC-DHOMHNUILL
SHLEIBHTE.
Air tuiteam a' m' chadal a nis o chionn fada,
Gu 'n d' thachair dhomh aiceid a stad ann am bhrcàghad
Tha cneadh air mo ghiiilain tha àmgharrach ciùirte,
Cha bhi mi "g a mùchadh gu 'n riiisg mi os àird i :
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Hew Morrison Collection > Poems and songs of John MacCodrum, Archibald MacDonald, and some of the minor Uist bards > (103) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/81340999 |
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| Description | Edited with introductions and notes by Archibald MacDonald. The Uist Collection. |
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| Shelfmark | H.M.118 |
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| Description | A 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. |
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| Description | Selected 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. |
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