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Thread #169277 Message #4091222
Posted By: GUEST,Rory
03-Feb-21 - 05:19 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Cha Tig Mor Mo Bhean Dhachaidh
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Cha Tig Mor Mo Bhean Dhachaidh
Cha Tig Mor Mo Bhean Dhachaidh (The Widower's Lament) or (Sarah, My Wife, Will Not Come Home)
Recording by Mary Jane Lamond Album: Làn Dùil (1999)
Seist: Cha tig Mòr mo bhean dhachaidh Cha tig Mòr mo bhean ghaoil Cha tig màthair mo leanabh Nochd a laighidh ri m’thaobh
Tha an crodh anns an eadraidh ‘S iad ri ‘freagairt nan laogh Cha tig Mòr à Dùn Bheagain ‘S cha fhreagairt i an glaodh
Thig bàrr air an iubhar Thig duilleag air chraoibh Thig fràs air a’ luachair Ach cha ghluais mo bhean ghaoil
Ged a dheanainn-sa pòsadh Mar bu chòir dhomh ‘nad dhéidh Cha togadh mo chridhe Ri fidhill nan teud
Ged a gheobhainn bean uasal ‘S daoin’ uaisl’ air gach taobh ‘S mùr gum b’fheàrr leam Mòr agam ‘Dol bhi laighe ri m’thaobh
Chorus: My wife Sarah will never return home. Sarah, my beloved wife will never return. The mother of my child will not come Tonight to lie by my side
The cattle are in the milking fold lowing in answer to the calves. Sarah will not return from Dunvegan To respond to their calls.
The yew tree will come in bloom. The trees will grow leaves And seed will appear on the rushes, But my darling wife will remain lifeless.
Although I should remarry, As I ought to with you gone, My heart will not lift To the sound of the fiddle.
Although I should get a wife of means With gentry on both sides (of the family) I would far rather Sarah to be with me And lying by my side.