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Dear, bear are tbe IbiGblanbs.*
(Is TOIGH LEAM A* GhAIDHEALTACHD.)
Translated from the Gaelic of
John Campbell by Findlay MaoRae,
Moderato con spirito.
Gaelic air.
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1. Dear, dear are the
2. And dear are the
3. And dear is the
4. O'er our coua - try be •
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High-lands, be - lov - ed the glens, Each cas - cade and dell in the
maid - ens, sp hand-some and fair, In their smiles oft I sought to soothe
Gae-lic — its mu - sic and song Oft cheered our sad hearts,wrung by
loved now the red deer bound free. While use - less o'er o - cean wide
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1. land of the Bens;
2. sor - row and care;
3. grief or by wrong;
4. scat - tered are we;
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dear are the gal - lants in gay tar - tan there, With
bride by my side from my own High-land home. Light -
ac - cents we lisped, as in child - hood we strayed, ■ Shall
should bat - tie threat-en, who then shall stand true ? 0,
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1. fea-thered glen-gar -
2. heart - ed and free
3. ne'er be for - got
4. then for the boys
ries and thick curl-ing hair,
o'er the "world I would roam,
till in dust we are laid,
in the bon - nets of blue !
* From the Celtic Lyre, by kind permission of the Editor, Mr. Henry Whyte. Tliis is a patriotic song by the poet postmaster of Ledaig,
Argyllshire, which has attained a large amount of popularity. The air is associated with an older song known as " Cngadh no sitk " — War oi
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reace. Mr. John Campbell was born at Oban in 1823. For an interesting sketch of his life, see Gcod Words, July and August, 1889. A
volume of poems by this bard was published in 1884.