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Old Gaelic Songs. 165
Na'n eireadli iia m,iirl)h o'n uir,
Dh'fhaicinii gacli ni uir a th'againn,
Cha chreideadh iad an soalladh shl,
Nach e druidheachdaii a bh'againn.
Ni e bodaich bheinne dhusgadh,
'S daoine-sith blia uiii' na'n cadal ;
Teichidh iad le geilt 'sna ciiiltean,
Mu'n teid am niuchadli no'n spadadh.
Siubhlaidh bat'-na-sniuid air chiian,
Sgoltadh stuadh, 's ga'n cuir seachd ;
Seolaidli long o'n Airde Tuath,
Le gaoth chruaidh 's frasan sneachda.
Cha'n ionnan sud 's mo ghearran doiin,
'Nuair dheireadh fonn air gu astar ;
Cha'n iarr e coircc no moll,
Ach uisge' na chom 'nuair bhios tart air.
Na'm faiceadh tu Iain Ruadh is claon air,
A glaodhaich gu aird a chlaiginn,
" Mur stad sibli an t-each donn a dhaoine,
Cha bhi tuilleadh saoghail againn."
Bi'dh an t-eagal ann, 's cha'n ioghnadh ;
Fear ri faoineis, 's fear ri magadh ;
Chluinnidh tu iad air gach taobh dhiot,
Fhearaibh 'sa ghaoil— " What a Rattle !"
Gus an rathad a bhi reidh,
'S nach bi eis air na astar,
Ni e toll am bun gach sleibh,
'S bheir e reis 'stigh na achlais.
A ruith troi' uamha chreagach dhorch,
'Rinn am fudar gorni a' sgoltadh ;
Gu'm bheil nibran eagal orm
Gu'm buin a thoirm uara mo chlaisteachd.
Chi thu sluagh ann as gach aite,
A talamli Chanaan as a Sasunn,
Eadar Peairt 'sam Brumlath,
Eadar an Spainnt a's Braigh Lochabar.
The next song was composed by Duncan Macrae, who was
tacksman at Conchra, Lochalsh. He had a family of sons, one of