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Ìri iù horò Leannain

Date November 1963
Track ID 32166
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1963.97.A11

Original Tape ID

SA1963.097

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

Song

Collection

SoSS

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.

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good