A Fhleasgaich Òig as Ceanalta
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
May 1954
Track ID
19110
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1954.53.B12
Original Tape ID
Summary
This is a woman's love song in which the composer says she will leave her family and follow the man she loves. He is named as Alastair MacDonald, and described as a hunter and skipper.
Item Notes
See:
'MacDonald Collection of Gaelic Poetry' (Revs. A. & A. MacDonald) p. 222
Item Subject/Person
Dòmhnallach, Alastair; MacDonald, Alastair
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Transcription
A fhleasgaich òig as ceanalta
'S tu leannan nan deas-ghruagach
Do ghaol a rinn mo shàrachadh
'S tha bhlàth siud air mo ghruaidh-sa
Gur e mo ghaol-s' an t-Alasdair
Nach ainneamh leam a luaidh rium
Dham bheil Bràigh Gharaidh dùthchasach
Ged thog e chùrsa uaithe.
Dh'fhàgainn-sa mo dhaoine leat
Air long 's a h-aodach suas rith'
Cho fad 's gun seòl a' ghaoth sinn
Rachainn dhut, a ghaoil, thar chuantan.
Gur tric a leag an Dòmhnallach
Deas-òigear a' chùil dualaich
An làn damh fiadhaich, sròineasach
Nach tig an còir na buaile.
Sgiobair air a' bhàta thu
Ga teàrnadh o gach cruadal
'S tu bheir gu cala sàbhailt' i
Bho ghàirich nan tonn uaine.
'S tu leannan nan deas-ghruagach
Do ghaol a rinn mo shàrachadh
'S tha bhlàth siud air mo ghruaidh-sa
Gur e mo ghaol-s' an t-Alasdair
Nach ainneamh leam a luaidh rium
Dham bheil Bràigh Gharaidh dùthchasach
Ged thog e chùrsa uaithe.
Dh'fhàgainn-sa mo dhaoine leat
Air long 's a h-aodach suas rith'
Cho fad 's gun seòl a' ghaoth sinn
Rachainn dhut, a ghaoil, thar chuantan.
Gur tric a leag an Dòmhnallach
Deas-òigear a' chùil dualaich
An làn damh fiadhaich, sròineasach
Nach tig an còir na buaile.
Sgiobair air a' bhàta thu
Ga teàrnadh o gach cruadal
'S tu bheir gu cala sàbhailt' i
Bho ghàirich nan tonn uaine.
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good