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IGO Gaelic Society of Inuerness.<br />

Beinn ii Ghiusaichoan ma tliuath,<br />

'S braigli leachd nam fuar blieann gorm,<br />

An trie a thug tliu callaidh toll,<br />

Ann sa bheinn an cluinnte toh-m.<br />

Creagan sgeodach dubh an fhraoich,<br />

An darna taobh do Ohona-ghleann cas,<br />

Far a minig a blia thu gliaoil,<br />

A feitheamh ri gaoth Mheal-dhamh.<br />

Dair-dhoire nan damh dearg,<br />

Sail-cliaorainn nan earb 's nam boc,.<br />

Far 'ai bu trie thu air do ghlun,<br />

'S do ghillean air cul nan cnoc.<br />

'S iomadh beinn is tulaich ard,<br />

Is talanih garbh ri sneachd 6g,<br />

A shiubhail do ehalpa treun,<br />

'S air talamh reidh fhuair thu leon.<br />

Sona sud a Bhothain bhochd,<br />

A nochd gur subhach a tha,<br />

Bho n fhuair cas Dhunnachaidli luatlias,<br />

Togaidh sinn suas ri Gleann Mhic Phail.<br />

The following tliree fragmentary stanzas are like the jire<br />

ceding ones :<br />

—<br />

Sud a cheaird dha 'n d' thug mi speis,<br />

'Nuair a bha mi eutrom og,<br />

Bhi falbh le gunna fo 'm sgeith,<br />

Gleidheadh an fheidh au' a lorg.<br />

'S tfic a rinn mi siubhal fann,<br />

Air feadh allt is ghlac is fhrog,<br />

'S fraoeh agus seileach ann,<br />

Cho ard ri mo eheaun is eorr.<br />

An te sin a th' agam na 'm uchd,<br />

'S trie a rinn i full an glaic,<br />

'Nuair a lasadh i air torn,<br />

Dh' fhagadh i an dandi donn fo lot.<br />

In my younger days in Strathglass I used to hear the ft)l lowing,<br />

but bave not heard it since I left that country. My memory

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