Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Minstrelsy of Scotland

Voice.
93
3 wisb 3 were now in tbat 36le of tbe Sea.
i
Allegretto.
(ElLEAN AH FhRAOICH.)
Translated from the Gaelic of M. MacLeod
by " Pionn " (Henby Whste).
^
t^
5^a
-^-F-
^
-f=f=-^
1. I wish I were now iu that Isle of the sea, The
2. This dear - est of Isles is so fer - tile and fair, That
3. At dawn-ing of day when there's mist on the hiU, The
4. The notes of the cuc-koo are welcomed in May, And the
5. There ne'er was a pic-ture more love - ly to see, Than the
^^i^^
J
rw^^
^^
Piano.
9
mf
g^bn^[_:L pl £ ^psg
m
i- 1 1 -
1 1
^=
*==!?:
^
m
5^
15
5
1. Isle of the Hea-ther, and hap- py I'd be; With deer ia its moun -tains, and
2. no - ther is - land may with it com -pare; Here Gae - lie was spo - ken in
3. milk - maids go skip - ping by foun - tain and rill, When milk - ing their cat - tie they
4. black - bird sings blithe 'mong the sil - ve - ry spray; The lark and the ma - vis pour
5. sun as he sinks in the blue west - em sea. When home - ward the cat - tie are
^-
-^
m^
^
-eaS-
-JS— (i
^
Eg
?
F-^-F-
=r=fe^
=^«=
1. fish in its rills, Where he - roes have liv'd
2. a - ges gone by. And here it will live
'mong its heath-cov - er'd hills,
till the o - cean runs dry.
3. raise a sweet sons, And
soft - ly the e - choes the oho - rus pro - long.
4. forth their sweet lay, While the lambs in the mea-dows are spright-ly at play.
5. wend-ing their way, 'And
all things are still
at the close of the day.
i
-^^
i
s
^=^
^r^td
/
=• mf
W=¥-
E^
#Ei
I
3
V=3--
--'' * From the Celtic Lyre, by kind permission of the Editor, Mr. Henry Whyte, Glasgow. This is a song in praise of the Island of Lewis.
The air is of native growth, and the Gaelic verses were written by Mr. M. MacLeod, a native bard. The song has attained considerable
popularity in Celtic circles. ■ -