The book Arran; - Cook Clan

348 THE BOOK OF ARRAN
'S nuair thug i heel do 'n bhata,
Cha robh cutter 'dh'fhaodadh feuchainu
Teachd a nios ruinn air an t-snamh ud,
'S i mar eun 's na neoil againn.
Bu lurach i a' gearradh uisg',
'Us sruth 'dol o a bordaibh,
Cha robh I6ng mhdr 's na h-uisgeachan
A chumadh rithe seoladh
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Laigh i nunn fo Ian a h-aodaich
Cursa direach 's 'n oidhche reubach,
Gaoth 'n iar-thuath teachd fuar thar Gaoid-bheinn,^
' Gaoid-bheinn, Goatfell.
'S cha do gheill i oirleach.
'S ann mar so thu'irt Raonall an sgiobair,
'S mithich dhiiinne deorum ^
A ghabhail as a' bhuideal bhiorach
A mhisneachadh ar dochais ;
'S nuair a fhuair sinn sud 'nar buadhan
Cha robh de luchd-righ mu'n cuairt dhuinn
'Chuireadh eagal oirnn no cluadan,
'Us cuaillean ann ar dornaibh.
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Bhuailemaid gach neach a thigeadh,
'S mhilleamaid an dochas,
Bhiodh gach ceann dhiubh aca briste,
'Us silteach fal' o 'n sronaibh ;
Ach dh'eirich suas a nis MacGrabhan,
'Us air an aihn thug e tarruing,
Stiuiridh mis' ' ars esan,' a' chailinn
Than na gaineimh chomhnaird.
'S o na fhuair sinn e fo 'n ghaineimh,
Falaicht' mar bu choir dha,
Ghluais sinn le cheil' gu baile,
'S cadal trom 'g ar leonadh
'S mo thruaigh nach do rinn mi faire,
Ged robh mi gun chadal fhathast,
2 Deorum (jorum) is abvays associated with a big drink of whisky. The etymology
is uncertaiiij unless it be from deur, a drop of drink, deuran, a small drop, and deorum,
a big drink ; or it may be a corruption of deagh dhram, a good drink.
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