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Thread #66839   Message #3729888
Posted By: Joe Offer
12-Aug-15 - 03:52 PM
Thread Name: Origins: MacCrimmon's Lament
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MacCrimmon's Lament (from Dick Gaughan)
Thread #9450   Message #3729874
Posted By: GUEST
12-Aug-15 - 02:57 PM
Thread Name: Isla St Clair
Subject: RE: Isla St Clair
anyone has the lyrics for MacCrimmon lament as it sung by Isla St Clair???

From Joe: It's quite different from the lyrics of other versions. Here's a link to a recording. I don't know if I can understand enough of it to do a good transcription. Anybody want to make a stab at it?
MACCRIMMON'S LAMENT (from the Digital Tradition)

Round Cuillin's peak the mist is sailing
The banshee croons her note of wailing
But my blue e'en wi' sorrow are streaming
For him that will never return - MacCrimmon

No more, no more, no more forever
In war or peace shall return MacCrimmon
No more, no more, no more forever
Shall love or gold bring back MacCrimmon

The breezes on the braes are mournfully moaning
The brook in the hollow is plaintively mourning
But my blue e'en wi' sorrow are streaming
For him that will never return - MacCrimmon

No more, no more, no more forever
In war or peace shall return MacCrimmon
No more, no more, no more forever
Shall love or gold bring back MacCrimmon

@death @love
sung by Jean Redpath
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SOF