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Sing coutbilie, coutbilie, merrie an' free.
MY AIN HOOSE.*
Allegretto.
Translated from tlie Gaelic of Malcolm MacFaelane
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1. Sing cou-thi-lie, oou-thi-lie, mer-rie an' free, this is the oor o' sweet
2. A - yont by the fer - ry, whaur wood-lands are green, My can- ty cot-hoo-sie stan'a
3. At fa' o' the gloam-in', when dark-ness is near, Oor hearth is sur-roond-ed wi'
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2. ti - dy an' clean ; I en - vy nae laird in his cas - tie, I ween, I'm
3. daf - fin' an' cheer, The hair - uies are sing - in' sae licht - some an' clear. They're
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1. tod -die wi' glee to my ain
2. hap - py an bien in my ain
3. pleas-ant to hear in oor nin
hoose. The sod-ger may hie to a far for-eign shore, The
hoose. My co - sy bit big-gin' it's dear a -boon a', Sur-
hoose. A - wa'wi' yer rich-es an' rank, wi' their glare,They're
* By kind permission of " An Comunn Gaidliealach," Glasgow. This air is evidently yerv old. It appears in Patrick MacDonald's
Collection of Ilighland Airs, 1V84, under tlie name af Posadh peathtr Iain Widire— Tile wedding of fair John's daughter. The original song
teing unsatisfactory, Jlr. Jlalcolm JlacFarlane, of Elderslie, wrote new G.aelic verses to the melody at the request of Mr. Archibald Feriruson,
Conductor uf the Gaelic St. Columba Choir, Glasgow. For the excellent translation of these verses, Mr. Ale.xander Stewart, Folmont, was
awarded a prize by " An Comunn Gaidhealach." The melody, with Gaelic and English verses, was first published in The Celtic Monthhj—a,n
excellent magazine, edited by Mr. John Mackay, Glasgow, which has been the means of bringing many old and rare Hiijliland airs to public
notice.