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222 Gaelic Society of Inuerness.
Tt is of the same beautiful glen he also sung as follows :
Fagaidli mi' m baile 's an t-samhiadh
'S tlicicl mi clo'n ghleann againn flidin
'S tillidh sinn dachaidh 'sa' gheamhradh
'Chumail nam Frangach bho tliir.
'S ann againn tha 'n gleannan tha uaigneach,
Cha'n eil cho neo-luaineach's an tir,
Cha'n fhaicear duin' ann ach buachaill,
'Us brogaich a' cuartach na fridh.
Ni sinn ann cur agus cliatliadh,
'S cha treabh sinn am bliadhna le crann ;
Ni sinn 's a' mhaduinn an t-iasgach,
'S am feasgav a fiadhach nam beann.
Gheibh sinn ann cnothan 'us caorann
'Us gheibh sinn ann braonain gu leoir,
Dearcan-tithich air fraocli ann,
'S cha teid sinn 'an traigh mhaoraich ri 'r beo.
Lochiel appears at this time to have forbidden his tenants to keep
goats, and Captain Campbell seems to have had a dispute with the
parties in authority on the estate about the matter. The following
is a fragment of a song composed on that occasion :
Ged tliug sil)h na gobhair gun taing uainn
Cha bhi curam oirnn mu annlan
Fhad 's a mhaireas Bean-na-bainnse *
'S a bhios mang aig DonuU.t
Gur trie a bha mise na m' chruban
Air chul an fhcidh anns a' Ghiubhsaich X
'S cha bhiodh eagal orm no ciu'am,
Ach romh slmilean Dhonuill.
'S ioma gealladh thug thu riamh dliomh
Ged is beag a chuir thu 'n gniomh dhiu
Dh' aithnich mi gur beag a b' fhiach thu,
'S duine tiadhaich DunuU.
'S olc a chairicli iad mise,
Eadar Df^nnll 'og 's a chinneadh ;
Bha mi 'n laimh aig fear-a-ghlinne
'S bha 'n seanalair seolta.
* The Gun. + Lochiel
1 Lochicl's Deer Forest.
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