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Thread #129836   Message #2919508
Posted By: Jim Dixon
02-Jun-10 - 10:08 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Dh'fhalbh na gillean grinn
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dh'fhalbh na gillean grinn
The following lines—and probably more—can be found in An Tuil: Anthology of 20th Century Scottish Gaelic Verse by Ronald Black (Edinburgh: Polygon, 1996), page 126:

Dh'fhalbh na gillean grinn
   Fo'n cuid armaibh,
Sann rium fhin a chordadh
   A bhith 'n coir nam balachan.
Dh'fhalbh na gillean grinn
   Fo'n cuid armaibh.

Gun d'leum iad an truinnse,
   Ruith an cursa direach,...

(Google classifies this book as "snippet view only" so I wasn't able to read any more online. You might be able to find the book in a library.)