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Air fail ill o ro, 's a Fhleasgaich Bhàin

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Date 05 December 1963
Track ID 97238
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

CannaTape.0047

Summary

This is a song by a peasant girl who loves a man who belongs to the landed gentry. Others have warned her about him, but she cannot sleep as she is thinking about him. She is hurt, however, by the suggestion that he gives his love freely to other women, and is not faithful to her.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Village/Place - Lochboisdale

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Transcription

Air fàill ill ó ró 's a fhleasgaich bhàin
Air fàill ill ó ró 's a fhleasgaich bhàin
Air fàill ill ó agus hó ró èile
Air fàill ill èile gur tu mo ghràdh.

'S o dhaoin' a dhaoine nach truagh an sgeul
Do mhac duin'-uasail a thoirt a spèis
Do chaileag shuaraich à sìol na tuatha
Carson nach siùbhladh i an cuan na dhèidh?

Tha d' aghaidh shìobhalta leam gun mheang
Gur math dhan tè a gheibh thu air làimh
Nach math dhan ghruagaich a gheibh mo luaidh-sa
Bha dùil a'm uair gur e mi bhiodh thall.

'S ged thèid mi leabaidh chur dhìom mo sgìths
Chan fhaigh mi 'n cadal 's tu bhith gam dhìth
A bhith gad fhaicinn a ghaoil mar chleachd mi
Is d' fhalt na phleatan an cùl do chinn.

Thuirt iad riumsa gun robh thu dubh
Ach bha thu leamsa cho geal 's tha 'n gruth
Gun robh do ghruaidhean mar chaorann samhraidh
As bòidhch' a sheallas ri latha fliuch.

Thuirt iad riumsa nach robh thu ceart
'S nach robh thu àlainn le mòran dreach
Bu bhòidhche leams' thu na gin san dùthaich
'S gum b' fheàrr leam rùisgt' thu na diùc le staid.

Thuirt iad riumsa gun robh thu bàidheil
'S gun robh do ghràdh aig a h-uile tè
'S e sin an gnothach a rinn mo chiùrradh
Nach robh do rùn dhomh mar bha do bheul.

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good