Ìri iù horò Leannain
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
November 1963
Track ID
32166
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1963.97.A11
Original Tape ID
Summary
This is a love song in which the composer expresses a fear that the girl he loves will marry someone else. He tells her the type of man she should avoid, should she choose someone other than him.
Item Notes
Recorded in the School of Scottish Studies. 4 quatrains plus choruses sung.
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Transcription
Ìri iù ó ró leannain,
Ìri iù ó ró leannain,
Ìri iù ó ró leannain,
'S trom an t-eallach an gaol.
Fhuair mi 'n cadal nach b' àbhaist,
An toiseach a' bhàta.
Cò chunna mi làmh rium,
Ach tè nam blàth-shùilean caoin.
Thoir mo shoraidh 's na ceil e,
Gu tè bhàn an fhuilt shoilleir.
Is ma phòsas fear eil' i,
'S ann tha choir' agam fhìn.
Thoir mo shoraidh gun dearmad,
Ged nach innis mi h-ainm dhut.
Chan eil fear ann an Alba,
Ris an earbainn cò i.
'S mas e 's gum pòs thu mun ruig mi,
Feuch gun fheàrr e na mise.
Na gabh pòitear no misgear,
'S na gabh idir fear faoin.
Ìri iù ó ró leannain,
Ìri iù ó ró leannain,
'S trom an t-eallach an gaol.
Fhuair mi 'n cadal nach b' àbhaist,
An toiseach a' bhàta.
Cò chunna mi làmh rium,
Ach tè nam blàth-shùilean caoin.
Thoir mo shoraidh 's na ceil e,
Gu tè bhàn an fhuilt shoilleir.
Is ma phòsas fear eil' i,
'S ann tha choir' agam fhìn.
Thoir mo shoraidh gun dearmad,
Ged nach innis mi h-ainm dhut.
Chan eil fear ann an Alba,
Ris an earbainn cò i.
'S mas e 's gum pòs thu mun ruig mi,
Feuch gun fheàrr e na mise.
Na gabh pòitear no misgear,
'S na gabh idir fear faoin.
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good