Lyr Add: Thoir mo Shoraidh thar Ghunnaidh

Subject: Lyr Add: Thoir mo Shoraidh thar Ghunnaidh
From: Felipa
Date: 12 Jun 21 - 09:14 AM

Thoir Mo Shoraidh Thar Ghunnaidh

Thoir mo shoraidh thar Ghunnaidh
Gu Muile nam mòr-bheann.

Sèist [chorus]

Hug òrann o-rò hù-bha hò,
Mo nighean donn bhòidheach.
Hug òrann ò-ro hù-bha hò.

Far an cluinnear a' chuthag
Air gach bruthach ro Bhealltainn.

Chì mi 'm bàta 's i tighinn
Is Iain ga seòladh.

Stiùir dìreach i Iain
Cùm tioram i Dhòmhnaill.

'S i an ciste chaoil chumhaing
Air a dùnadh 's a gròbadh.

'S truagh nach robh mi san fhiabhras
Mun do chuir mi riamh eòlas.

[lyrics from http://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/oran/orain/thoir_mo_shoraidh_thar_ghunaidh/ I spelled Gunnaidh with two "n"s as that seems to be the most usual spelling.

Translation (by Tom Thompson at lyricstranslate.com)

Take my farewells across Gunna
To Mull of the high mountains

[chorus]
Hug òrann o-rò hù-bha hò,
My beautiful brown-haired girl
Hug òrann ò-ro hù-bha hò

Where the cuckoo is heard
on every brae before Beltane [May holiday]

[chorus]

I see the boat coming,
and Ian sailing her

[chorus]

Keep her straight on course, Ian,
Keep her dry, Donald.

[chorus]

And she in a slender narrow box
closed and fastened with nails

[chorus]

It's a pity I didn't die of a fever
before I ever got to know you

Rachel Walker singing Thoir mo Shoraidh thar Ghunnaidh

Donnie MacLeod singing

Skippinish Lead singer may be Charlotte Printer, as I don't know of any other woman who was in the band.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Thoir mo Shoraidh thar Ghunnaidh
From: RunrigFan
Date: 12 Jun 21 - 12:43 PM

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Rachel Walker

see https://www.discogs.com/Skipinnish-Sgurr-Mor-To-Skerryvore/release/16176427