Hew Morrison Collection > Poems and songs of John MacCodrum, Archibald MacDonald, and some of the minor Uist bards
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A chuiieadh bòilich 's na claigneann,
'S a chuireadh casan air chrith.
Bu tu cleoca na h-aiteimh,
'N aghaidh reotachd 'us sneachda,
Dheanadh iioiion de fhrasaibh ;
'S a chuireadh seachad an cuith'.
Dheanadh dàna fear saidealt' ;
Dheanadh lag am fear neart'or ;
Dheanadh daibhir fear beairteach,
Dh' aindeoin pailteas a chruidh ;
An ceart aghaidh na th' aca,
De mhùirn, no mheadhail, no mhacnus,
'S tu raghainn is taitneich',
De chuis mhacnuis air Vjith.
Nam HMD.
A dhuin' an cual' thu no 'm fac 'thu
Riamh ni 's miosa chuis mhacnuis,
Na bhi 'n a' d' shineadh 's na claisean
(lun chlaisteachd gun ruith ?
Air do mhiichadh le daoraich :
'G a' do ghiùlain le daoine ;
'N a' d' chuis-bhuird aig an t-saoghal,
Far nach faodar a chleith
'S e bhi 'coinneachadh Rati*
Ni do lomadh a' d' bheartas.
Rati, a famous distiller, of whom more than one of the bards
make mention.
'S a chuireadh casan air chrith.
Bu tu cleoca na h-aiteimh,
'N aghaidh reotachd 'us sneachda,
Dheanadh iioiion de fhrasaibh ;
'S a chuireadh seachad an cuith'.
Dheanadh dàna fear saidealt' ;
Dheanadh lag am fear neart'or ;
Dheanadh daibhir fear beairteach,
Dh' aindeoin pailteas a chruidh ;
An ceart aghaidh na th' aca,
De mhùirn, no mheadhail, no mhacnus,
'S tu raghainn is taitneich',
De chuis mhacnuis air Vjith.
Nam HMD.
A dhuin' an cual' thu no 'm fac 'thu
Riamh ni 's miosa chuis mhacnuis,
Na bhi 'n a' d' shineadh 's na claisean
(lun chlaisteachd gun ruith ?
Air do mhiichadh le daoraich :
'G a' do ghiùlain le daoine ;
'N a' d' chuis-bhuird aig an t-saoghal,
Far nach faodar a chleith
'S e bhi 'coinneachadh Rati*
Ni do lomadh a' d' bheartas.
Rati, a famous distiller, of whom more than one of the bards
make mention.
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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 > (140) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/81341443 |
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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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