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michael Marra !!
ras clatt !“In the second city of the Empire
Mother Glasgow watches all her weans
Trying hard to feed her little starlings
Unconsciously she clips their little wingsMother Glasgow’s succour is perpetual
Nestling the Billy and the Tim
I dreamt I took a dander with St. Mungo
To try to catch a fish that couldnay swimVerse 2 as above
Among the flightless birds and sightless starlings
Father Glasgow knows his starlings well
He wont make his own way up to heaven
By waltzing all his charges in to hellMother Glasgow’s succour is perpetual
Nestling the Billy and the Tim
I dreamt I took a dander with St. Mungo
To try to catch a fish that couldnay swimAnd the tree
And the fish
And the bird
And the bell…Let Glasgow Flourish!”
The brilliant strains of Karen Matheson and Capercaillie with..
How sorrowful I am
When I rise early in the morning,
Ò hì I would walk with you.
Hì ri bhò…. o hò,
Brown-haired Alan, Ò hì, I would walk with youIf the sand be your pillow,
If the seaweed be your bed,
Ò hì I would walk with you
Hì ri bhò…. o hò,
Brown-haired Alan, Ò hì, I would walk with youIf the fish are your candles bright,
If the seals are your watchmen,
Ò hì I would walk with you
Hì ri bhò…. o hò,
Brown-haired Alan, Ò hì, I would walk with youI would take a drink, though everyone would be scandalised,
Of your heart’s blood after you were drowned.
Ò hì I would walk with you
Hì ri bhò…. o hò,
Brown-haired Alan, Ò hì, I would walk with you********
Gura mise tha fo eislean
Moch sa mhaduinn is mi g’eirighO hi shiubhlainn leat
Hi ri bho, ho ru bhi,
Hi ri bho, ho rionn o ho,
Ailein Duinn, o hi shiubhlainn leatMa ‘s’en clusag dhuit a ghaineamh
Ma ‘se leabaidh dhut an gheamainnO hi shiubhlainn leat
Hi ri bho, ho ru bhi,
Hi ri bho, ho rionn o ho,
Ailein Duinn, o hi shiubhlainn leatMa ‘s en t-iasg do choinlean geala
Ma ‘s na Righ do luchd-faireO hi shiubhlainn leat
Hi ri bho, ho ru bhi,
Hi ri bho, ho rionn o ho,
Ailein Duinn, o hi shiubhlainn leatDh’o lainn deoch ge boil le cach e,
De dh’fhuil do choim ‘s tu ‘n de idh do bhathadh,O hi shiubhlainn leat
Hi ri bho, ho ru bhi,
Hi ri bho, ho rionn o ho,
Ailein Duinn, o hi shiubhlainn leat
Simply breathtaking..
When day is over and life is done
Mine eyes have closed and my strength has gone,
O westwards take me and quietly lay me
In Aignish graveyard beside the sea.
There please leave me by kith and kin
By parents kindly and all my friends,
By white waves pounding on beaches sounding
By Aignish graveyard beside the sea.********
An ciaradh m’fheasgair ‘s mo bheath’ air claoidh
Mo rosg air dunadh ‘s a’ bhas gun chli.
Stiuir curs’ an lar leam gu Eilean ciatach
Gu Aignish sgiamhach far an d’araich mi.
An sin gun cairich sibh mi ‘san fhod
A measg mo chairdean ‘s mo shinnsrean coir,
Ri tonnan barr-gheal a’ bualadh traghad
‘S ri machair Aignish nan laoigh ‘s nam bo.
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