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Thread #64202 Message #2379706
Posted By: GUEST
02-Jul-08 - 11:32 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Gaelic Verse in Burning of Auchindoun
Subject: RE: Origins: Gaelic Verse in Burning of Auchindoun
This has always been my understanding of the text with all of the written phonetic accent (to my Standard american english ears) removed, but not the slang.
As I came in by Fiddichside, on a May morning
I spied Willie MacIntosh an hour before the dawning
Turn again, turn again, turn again, I bid you
If you burn Auchindoun, Huntly he will head you
Head me or hang me, that shall never fear me
I will burn Auchindoun thought the life leaves me
As I came in by Auchindoun on a may morning
Auchindoun was in a blaze, an hour before the dawning
Cawing, cawing, for all your crows cawing
you burnt your crop and tint your wings an hour before the dawning