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Thread #48286   Message #883378
Posted By: Sandy Mc Lean
05-Feb-03 - 03:29 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Latin form of Old MacDonald's Farm
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Latin form of Old MacDonald's Farm
I knew Old Mac Donald well!
He could speak no Latin but Gaelic was his mother tongue.
                Slainte,
                   Sandy
   

Seann Mhac Dhomhnaill

        Seann Mhac Dhomhnaill. gu robh` ait aig ,
I ai I ai o
Air an aite bha aige cearcan,
I ai I ai   o
Le glug-glug siud agus glug-glug seo
Seo glug, siud glug, a h-uile h_`aite glug-glug
Seann Mhac Dhoinhnaill. gu robh ait aig ,
I ai I ai o.


Seann Mhac Dhomhnail1 gu robh `ait aig
I ai I ai o,
Air an aite bha aige tunnagan,
             I ai I ai o        
Le glag-glag siud agus glag-glagL seo,
Seo glag siud glag h-uile h-`aite glag-glag
,Seann Mhac Dhomhnaill gu robh ait aig
I ai I ai o.

Seann Mhac Dhomhnaill gu robh ait aig ,
I ai l ai o,
Air an aite bha aige geoidh
I ai I ai o,
Le hong-hong siud agus hong-hong seo
Seo hong siud hong, a h-uile h-aite hong-hong
Seann Mhae Dhomhnaill gu robh ait aig
I ai I ai o.
        
Seann Mhac Dhomhnaill gu robh ait aig ,
I ai I ai o
Air an aite bha aige crodh,
I ai I ai o,
Le mu-mu siud agus mu-mu seo,
Seo mu siud mu a h-uile h-aite mu-mu,
SeannMhac Dhomhnaill gu robh ait' aig ,
I ai I ai o


   (*from the late Hugh F. MacKenzie, Christmas Island. Recorded in

   the Cape Bretoniana archives.)