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218 Gaelic Society of Inverness.
Air bharra nan garbli-thonn
Do 'n Mhorairno Ghieannaich,
Air liliarra, &c.
Far an caith iacl an geamhradh
Ri dannsadh 's ri h-aighear.
She lost three fine young daughters one after the other, and
they were buried in " Eilean Fhionain," in Loch-Sheil, where she
is also buried by their side. Shortly after the death of the last
of the three, she was herself laid on her death-bed. She then composed
the song of which the following is a fragment. The air of
it is the old plaintive one "Tha mo run air a' ghille." She might
be said to have died swan-like singing, for she composed this on
the day before her death.
" Tha mo run air an nighinn,
Tha mo ghaol air an nighinn,
Chuir mi taobh ri taobh an triuir
'S trie snidh' air mo ghruaidhean.
" 'S og a rinn mi, ruin, duit farair',
; —
'N uair a shaoil mi bhi ri d' bhanais,
Chairich mi thu 'n Cnoc-nan-A ingeal
Rinn mi leaba bhuan duit.
" Tha mo run, kc.
" Tha mise fagail an t-saoghail
Anns an robh mi cuairt air aoidheachd,
'S cairidh iad an sud ri 'r taobh mi,
'S och, a ghaoil, cha'n fhuar leam.
" Tha mo run, (fee.
" 'N uair a thig an gnothach dluth ribh,
Cuiribh fios gu Cnoc-nam-Fluran,
'S cinnteach mi gun tig an triuir as*
De na fiurain uasal.
" Tha mo run, &c.
" 'S cinnteach mi gun tig gun dail as,
Tain mo ghaoil agus Archy ;
'S gum bi Dotair donn nam blath-sliuil
Laidir fo mo ghuallainn.
" Tha mo run," Ac.
* The three sonsof Dniimsallie.