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Thread #134991   Message #3075053
Posted By: maeve
15-Jan-11 - 08:09 AM
Thread Name: The old man who ravaged Anna
Subject: RE: The old man who ravaged Anna
Some information can be found here: "Bodachan a mhill Anna"

"There are several sets of Gaelic words to the tune, one from Scotland which begins "Bodachan a mhill Anna" (which can be found in Margaret Fay Shaw's South Uist collection) and another found in both Scotland and Cape Breton which commences "Bodachan a'Mhirein." A third set is from the Isle of Lewis and goes:
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Domhnull beag an t-siúcair, an t-siúcair, an t-siúcair
Domhnull beag an t-siúcair, is dúil aige pósadh
Cha ghabh a' chlann-nighean e, chlann-nighean e, chlann-nighean e
Cha ghabh a' chlann-nighean e, bho nach 'eil e boidheach"
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