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BRiCH AN ORAIN AStoryinEaerysong

The Songs and Tales of Lauchie Maclellan

Translated and edited by |ohn ShawAirs transcribed by Lisa Ornstein from field recordings

FCIantord by Atistair Mackoil

McGillQueen's University PressMontreal & Kingston' London' Ithaca

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Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data

Maclellan, Lauchie, rgro-r99rBrigh an Orain = A story in every song: the songs and tales of

Lauchie Maclellan(McGillQueen's studies in ethnic history)

Includes bibliographical references and index'

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Contents

FoREwoRD Alistair Macleod xi

PREFACE XV

rNTRoDUcrroN xix

TLLUsTRATToNS xxviii

PART ONE

Gaelic Singing and Broad Cove Parish 3

PART TWO

Air Rdir Mo Sgeula 56As My Story Has It j7

pART THREE rva -rr-dnarnr / rrra soNcs

drain Gaoil I Love Songs 97r H6 ro Mo Nighean Donn Bhdidheach nan Gorm-Shilil Meallaeh

O My Lovely Girl with Blue Eyes So Enticing gg

z Co-dhiubhThogainn Fonn Mo Leannain to2Yet I Would Sing My Love's Praises fi4

3 Na h-Ighnengan Donna, Bdidheach' 1o5

The Pretty, Brown-Haired Girls Lo7

4 Mo RlDn an Cailin 11o

ThePickof theYoungGirls a12

5 Air fail irinnillirinn oich irinn il n3Air fail irinn illidnn oich irinn t aa5

6 O hi rithill 6 bhnh6 rr8Ohidthill6bhah6 L2o

7 'S e Mo Riln an t-Oighr' Og a23MyLove Is forthe YoungHeir azs

8 Mo Nighean Donn an t-Silgraidh rz8My Dark-Haired, Sporting Girl r3o

97

viii Contents

g E hoNighean,hi-ri Nighean g3E ho Lass, hi-ri Lass 735

rc CailinBdidhcachnanRosg Mall g6Pretty Maid with the Lingering Glance a38

n Thn Mo RDm air a' Ghille a3gThe Handsome Youth Is My Darling a4L

rz Mo Nighean Donn as Bbidhche r44I My Lovely Dark-Haired Maiden a46

Orain Sedlaiilhl Sailing Songs a4g

4 EilidhChuain 49EilidhChuain a51

t4 O Mo Chaochladh Mdr aThinaig a54Oh, the Changes I've Endured a56

t5 BeinnLbmann a5gThe Benlomond t6r

16 Hiil aho hil's Mifo Mhigein 16zHii a ho ht,I'm Downhearted L64

t7 GaoI Fearainn, GrhdhFuinn 6TLove of Land and the Home Ground fig

18 OchoinNuair a dh' Fhnlbh Sinn a7oOchoin As We Set Sail LT2

ry Tha M' Inntinn Trom, Chn Thog Mi Fonn a75My Heart Is Sad, I Cannot Sing a7T

zo Air faill ill 6 ro, faill ill 6 r8oAir faill ill 6 ro, faill ill 6 :.8z

zt 'S AnnDi-luainGhabhi'nCuan 185

Monday She Set Out to Sea a87

6rain Luaiithl Whlking Songs r88

zz Nighean Dubh, Nighean Donn Dhut is Eibhinn r88Huppy You Are, Dark-Haired Girl ago

4 AhiDt ah6 Ailein Duinn ag3

A hii a h6, Allan Donn ags

z4 6 tvto Leannan,6 Mo Leannan :rg8

6 My Darling, lMyDarling zoo

z5 OidhcheDhomh air AirighBuaileadh 2o1.

One Night at the Shieling Cattle Fold 2o3

z6 Moch'sa Mhadainn Rinn Mi Eirtgn 2o4Early in the Moming I Arose zo6

Contents ix

z7 d hao ho, Nighean Dubh, Niglean Donn zo7O hao ho, Dark-Haired Maiden 2og

z8 Gura Mis' Thafo Eislein 2i.o

I'm Tormented with Sorrow 212

zg Moch'sa Mhadainn Rinn Mi Gluasad 2a3I Arose This Morning Early 2a5

3o Mo Riln an t-Uasal zt6My Darling the Nobleman zr9

3r 'S Mithich Duinn Etrigtt tvto Nighean Donn 2zr-Time That We Awaken, My Brown-Haired Girl 223

3z H6roMoLuaidhOrt zz6H6roMyBeloved zz8

T 6 ho 16 'IJle Dhuinn 2zg6 ho 16 Brown-Haired Lad 23a

34 ChiMiThallad 44ISeeYonder 236

drainlonadaillLocal Songs 237

35 dran nan Ddmhnallach d Eilean a' Phrionnsa te MiiriThedrlaich 4TA Song for the MacDonalds of Prince Edward Island by MaryMacPherson 49

36 Oran do Mhnighstir Ddmhnall Siosal 244For Father Donald Chisholm 246

37 dran nan Granndach z4gLament for the Grants 25a

38 [Bdta Ailein Bhdinl 256

[Allan B]n's Boatl 258

39 [Bdthndh AileinBhdin] ,Sg

[The Drowning of Allan Ban] z6o

4o Oran AnnaRuadh z6rRed Anna's Song 263

4t Orannah-Athaidh 266The Song of the Kiln 268

4z BdtalagainCheanadaich z7LIagan Kennedy's Boat 273

43 Oran a' Mhathain 276TheBear'sSong 278

x Contents

drain Cogaidh / War Songs 279

44 Oran an t-Saighdeir / Oran an t-Seathaich z7g

The Soldier's Song z8r

drain Siilh lFairy Songs 286

45 A' Sealg anns a' ChoireBhuidhe 286

Hunting in the Yellow Corrie 288

6rain Botuill Drinking Songs 289

46 ABhean anTaigfie, Ghaoil anFhortain 289

Woman of the House, Dear and Precious 291-

47 Air faill ill 4ileadh o hu gil 292

Air faill ill6ileadh o hu gr) 294

48 Cuach Mhic'Ill'Anndrainn 295

The Quaich of Gillander 297

pART FouR NA 1GEULA1TTDAN / "rnn rALEs

t An Sionnach's a' Chorra-Ghritheach 3o2The Fox and the Heron 3%

z An Gadaiche Dubh 3c,6The Black Thief 3o7

3 Aisling ChadailLachlainn 326Lauchie's Dream 327

4 Hige-HaigeisRhthag 342Hige-Haige and Rithag 343

5 Crom a' Ghille Cromaidh agus Donn a' Ghille Donnaidh 35oCrom a'Ghille Cromaidh and Donn a'Ghille Donnaidh 35a

6 Eadar anStioraP's anLhr 352Between the Stirrup and the Ground 353

7 Nighean a' Chifuair 354The CooPer's Daughter 355

8 Brdganant-Sagairt 356The Priest's Shoes J57

9 Naidheachd a' Bhdcain as a' Chamas Leathan 358TheGhostof BroadCove 359

NorES 3'65

souRcBS 449

rNDEx 429