The book Arran; - Cook Clan

CHAPTER XIII
GAELIC SONGS OF ARRAN
Arainn Bheag Bhoidheach *
O Arainn bheag bhoidheach
'S grinn do chleoca 's an t-samhradh,
Tha do bhruthain l^n neoinein
'S do mhointeach 14n eeann-dubh.^
Tha do bhric bhallach dhubh-ghorm
Ri cursachd troimh d' aibhne'an
'Sa chuthag riomhach, cuir smtiid dith
A' tigh'nn an dluths air a' bhealtuinn.
Do fhraoch badanach cubhraidh,
'S mil 'na dritichd air gach eeann dheth,
Cnothan abuich, 's iad dubailt
A' Itibadh do challtuinn.
Bonnie Little Auran
O ! Bonnie little Arran,
Grand is thy mantle in summer,
Thy braes full of daisies
And thy moorlands of canach.
Thy trout spotted and dark blue
Sporting briskly in thy waters,
And the bonnie cuckoo letting off its steam
As the summer approached.
' Said to have been composed by Donald Currie ' at the fishing.'
2 ' Ceann-dubh ' would seem to be misapplied here, as the ' Canach '
is pure white
but it is the blaclc head, before the white down grows on it,
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