I wrote this song based on the old tradition that Gaelic was the original language.
          Slainte,
             Sandy
         
      
          THE STORY OF GAELIC
            
ONCE GAELIC WAS THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAND
SPOKEN HERE BY EVERY WOMAN, CHILD, AND MAN
FOR WHEN GOD CREATED ADAM, HE DECIDED HE WOULD HAVE HIM
SPEAK THE TONGUE IN WHICH THE ANGELS SANG


WHERE THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS FLOW
AT A TIME SO MANY THOUSAND YEARS AGO
THE PEOPLE DOWN IN BABEL BUILT A TOWER THAT WOULD TRAVEL
FROM THIS EARTH WAY UP TO HEAVEN, SO I'M TOLD


BUT THE LORD, HE WASN'T VERY PLEASED AT ALL
AND DECIDED THEIR CONSTRUCTION HE WOULD STALL
SO HE TOOK AWAY THEIR GAELIC, LEFT THEM ALL RANTING AND RAVING
SPEAKING LANGUAGES EACH OTHER DIDN'T KNOW


BUT THEN THE LORD SPOKE TO A CHOSEN FEW
SAYING GAELIC I WILL NOW GIVE BACK TO YOU
FOR I KNOW THAT YOU STILL LOVE ME AND WON'T PUT YOURSELVES ABOVE ME
THE GAELIC WILL BE JUST FOR ME AND YOU


FATHER JOHN ANGUS RANKIN USED TO TELL
HIS PEOPLE TO AVOID THE GATES OF HELL
BUT WHEN HEAVEN'S CALL YOU'RE HEEDING, THE GAELIC YOU'LL BE NEEDING
IT'S THE LANGUAGE OF THE GARDEN; LEARN IT WELL

      
                                 (c) 2002
                                  A.McLean
                              4 Oak Crescent
                      Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia               
                            Canada   B9A3H4
                        a.mclean@ns.sympatico.ca