Hew Morrison Collection > Poems and songs of John MacCodrum, Archibald MacDonald, and some of the minor Uist bards
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(iu dùthaich an ceannaich sibh
Fearann gur n-àilghios.
Gu diithaich gun ghainne,
Gun chrionadh, gun stannard,
Far an cnuasaich sibh barrachd
'S a mhaireas 'ur làithean,
'S e saighdear glic fearail
'N uair chitheadh e 'm barrachd,
A theicheadh le anani,
'S nach fanadh 's a' làraich.
Seallaibh mu 'n cuairt duibh,
'Us faicibh na h-uaislean,
Gun iochd annt' ri truaghain,
Gun suairceas ri dàimhich ;
'S ann a tha iad am barail,
Nach buin iad do 'n talamh,
'S ged dh 'fhàg iad sibh falamh,
Cha 'n fhaic iad mar chall e.
Chain iad an sealladh
Air gach reachd agus gealladh,
Bha eadar na fearaibh
Thug am fearann bho nàmhaid
Ach innseadh iad dhomhsa,
'N uair theid sibh air fògradh,
Mur caill iad an coir air
Gun dbigh air a thcarnadh.
(iu dùthaich an ceannaich sibh
Fearann gur n-àilghios.
Gu diithaich gun ghainne,
Gun chrionadh, gun stannard,
Far an cnuasaich sibh barrachd
'S a mhaireas 'ur làithean,
'S e saighdear glic fearail
'N uair chitheadh e 'm barrachd,
A theicheadh le anani,
'S nach fanadh 's a' làraich.
Seallaibh mu 'n cuairt duibh,
'Us faicibh na h-uaislean,
Gun iochd annt' ri truaghain,
Gun suairceas ri dàimhich ;
'S ann a tha iad am barail,
Nach buin iad do 'n talamh,
'S ged dh 'fhàg iad sibh falamh,
Cha 'n fhaic iad mar chall e.
Chain iad an sealladh
Air gach reachd agus gealladh,
Bha eadar na fearaibh
Thug am fearann bho nàmhaid
Ach innseadh iad dhomhsa,
'N uair theid sibh air fògradh,
Mur caill iad an coir air
Gun dbigh air a thcarnadh.
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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 > (121) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/81341215 |
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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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