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Posted By: Jim Dixon
13-Apr-13 - 10:07 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Cockle Gatherer
Subject: Lyr Add: THE COCKLE GATHERER
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.