The Highland monthly - National Library of Scotland

626 The Highland Monthly.
be here stated that the collection embraces quite a number
of Gaelic airs, and should be studied by all who are inter-
ested in Gaelic music.
THE QUERN LILT.
Key D.—Moderate, with txprtssion. (Tune., " Craig 0' Barns").
i .m s.,d : m., d I s.,d : m., s 1., 1 : s., m | r : r. V
The ctanha stills the dowie heart, The crbnan stills the bairn - ie,
i .m s.,d : m.,d |
s.,d
: m., s l.,l : s.,m |
r
: d. I
The music for a hungry wame. Is grinding o' the quern - ie.
.m d.,m : s., r
I
s. m :
s 1., t : d'. m' |
\^.,d}: 1. \
And leeze me o' my lit - tie quern : Grind the graddan, grind it ;
] . t d'.m' : 1 . d' I
d.,
r : m., s 1 1 , d'. - : s . m |
r
: r. j
We'll a' get crowdie when its dune, And bannocks steeve to bind it.
The married man his jcy may prize,
The lover prize his erlies ;
But gin the quernie gangna round,
They baith will soon be sareless.
Sae leeze me, &c.
The whisky gars the barque of life
Drive merrily and rarely ;
But graddan in the ballast gars
It steady gang and fairly.
Then leeze me, &c.
Though winter steaks the door wi' drift.
And owre the ingle hinge us
Let but the little quernie gae.
We're blythe whatever dings us.
Then leeze me, &c.
And now it cheers the herd at e'en.
And sets his heart-strings dirlin',
When, comin' frae the hungry hill.
He hears the quernie birlin'.
Then leeze me, &c.
The quern songs are fast passing away, and it would
be well that such as have the opportunity should collect
any they may hear throughout the Highlands.
FIONN.
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