Words and music can be found in Songs of the Hebrides, Volume 3, by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser and Kenneth Macleod (London: Boosey & Co., 1921), page 14:


THE COCKLE GATHERER / 'S TRUSAIDH MI NA COILLEAGAN.

Air from Marion Macleod, Eigg.
Words from Kenneth Macleod.
Arr. For Voice and Piano by M. Kennedy Fraser.

Eetl a doo veel
Eetl a doo ho ro
Eetl a doo veel
Blythe I gather cockles here,
Eetl a doo veel
Eetl a doo ho ro
Eetl a doo veel
Blythe I gather cockles here.

Joy scream o' seagulls
Down on the skerry there,
Joy scream o' seagulls
While I gather cockles here,
Joy scream o' seagulls
On the skerry there
Joy scream o' seagulls
While I gather cockles here.

Eetl a doo veel
Edtl a doo ho ro
Eetl a doo veel
While I gather cockles here.
Eetl a doo veel
Eetl a doo ho ro
Eetl a doo veel
While I gather cockles here.

Laughter of sea-waves
Down on the skerry there
Laughter of sea-waves
While I gather cockles here,
Laughter of sea-waves
Down on the skerry there,
Laughter of sea-waves
While I gather cockles here.

Eetl a doo veel
Eetl a doo ho ro
Eetl a doo veel
Blythe I gather cockles here
Eetl a doo veel
Eetl a doo ho ro
Eetl a doo veel
Still I gather cockles here.

[Beware of typos!]

I dal a du vil
I dal a du ho ro
I dal a du vil
'S trusaidh mi na coilleagan
I dal a du vil
I dal a du ho ro
I dal a du vil
'S trusaidh mi na coilieagan

Roic aig anfhaoileag,
shios anns na sgeirein ud
Roic aig anfhaoileag
'S trusaidh mi na coilleagan
Roic aig anfhaoileag
anns na sgeirean ud
Roic ai an fhaoileag
'S trusaidh mi na coilleagan

I dal a du vil
I dal a du ho ro
I dal a du vil
'S trusaidh mi na coilleagan
I dal a du vil
I dal a du ho ro
I dal a du vil
'S trusaidh mi na coilleagan

Gair aig an fhairge
Shios anns na sgeirean ut
Gair aig an fhairge
'S truaidh mi coilleagan
Gair aig an fhairge
shios anns na sgeirean ud
Gair aig an fhairge
'S trusaidh mi na coilleagan

I dal a du vil
I dal a du ho ro
I dal a du vil
'S trusaidh mi na coileagan
I dal a du vil
I dal a du ho ro
I dal a du vil
'S trusaidh mi na coilleagan.