by Kenneth Macleod (1872 - 1955)

Language: Scots Gaelic 
Thug mi'n òidhche raoir 's mi bruadar
Mar ri nìonagan na buaile,
B' fhìnealt uasal min na gruagaich
seinn nan duanag anns an àiridh
Thug mi'n oidhche raoir 'san àiridh
Thug mi'n oidhche raoir 'san àiridh,
Chaith mi'n oidhche cridheil caoimhneil,
Mar ri maighdeanan na h-àiridh.
 
Thug mi'n oidhche raoir 'san àiridh
'S crodh a' sileadh bainne tàlaidh
'S dealt na h-oidhche sileadh caoimhneis
Air na maighdeanan 'san àiridh
Thug mi'n oidche raoir 'san àiridh
Thug mi'n oidhche raoir 'san àiridh
Chaith mi'n oidche criheil caoimhneil
Mar ri maighdeanan na h-airidh.
 
'S cianail dusgadh an fhirfhuadain
'Se siorionndrainn tir a bhruadair,
'S tiamhaidh buan da thar na stuadhan,
Ceol nan gruagach anns an àiridh
Thug mi'n oidhche raoir 'san àiridh
Thug mi'n oidhche raoir 'san airidh
Chaith mi'n oidhche cridheil caoimhneil
Mar ri maighdeanan na h-àiridh.

Composition:

    Set to music by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Maighdeanan na h-àiridh", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of the Hebrides, no. 2, London, Boosey & Co. ; traditional Scottish melody taken down from the singing of Ann Macneill of Barra

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser) , "An Island Sheiling song"


Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-10
Line count: 24
Word count: 136