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Unknown Lochaber Bards. 217
'S cha bhi tliusa gun fhuaraig,
Fluid 's bhios iiachdar aig Floraidh.
Oh ho ro. ifec.
'S ma ni aran 's im iir e,
Cha tig tuchadh na d' sgornan.
Oh ho ro, &c.
'S suarach Icatsa an sproigh cliaorach
'S do gliairdean niu'n og-bliean,
Oh ho ro, ikc.
Ach 'n uair thig an Fheill Mirtuinn
Bi am piighcadh air bord ann,
Oh ho ro. Arc.
Lan do dhiiirn de phiiinnd Shasnach
Agus craiciim gu clo dhut.
Oh ho ro, &c.
The next one I will give was composed to a small vessol
owned by a favourite cousin of her own who belonged to Morven.
The name of the vessel was the " Katie." In these times wlien
no light-houses were erected to help the navigation of these channels
of tlie rocky west, sliipmasters were obliged to lay their
vessels uj) during the winter. This was evidently the case witli
the " Katie."
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'Nuair theid " Katie " fo h-aodach
Bidh i daonnan aig Calum.
'S trie a choisinn i an t-or dha
Tha i eblach 's gach cala,
Ho i o, na ri iu o, &c.
'S trie a choisinn i an t-or dha
Tha i eolach 's gach cala
Eadar Muile 's Ceann-t-saile,
Eilean Mhartainn 'us Oanaidh.
Eadar Muile, &c.
'S air roc ged a bhuail i,
Cha 'n fhuasgail e 'darach.
Sair roc, &c.
'S 'n uair a gheibh i 'n ruidhe dhireach,
Ni i 'n fhideag a ghearradh.
'S 'n uair a gheibh i, &c.