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Lyr Req: Dh'fhalbh na gillean grinn

30 May 10 - 07:30 PM (#2917425)
Subject: Lyr Req: Dh'fhalbh na gillean grinn
From: GUEST,Eko45

Long shot.... does anyone have the lyrics for this song ?
Searched the web, but only words I find are not the ones sung in the version by Rory Campbell. Have included the YT link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieqlbHwC7XI.
Thanks.


02 Jun 10 - 10:08 PM (#2919508)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dh'fhalbh na gillean grinn
From: Jim Dixon

The following lines—and probably more—can be found in An Tuil: Anthology of 20th Century Scottish Gaelic Verse by Ronald Black (Edinburgh: Polygon, 1996), page 126:

Dh'fhalbh na gillean grinn
   Fo'n cuid armaibh,
Sann rium fhin a chordadh
   A bhith 'n coir nam balachan.
Dh'fhalbh na gillean grinn
   Fo'n cuid armaibh.

Gun d'leum iad an truinnse,
   Ruith an cursa direach,...

(Google classifies this book as "snippet view only" so I wasn't able to read any more online. You might be able to find the book in a library.)


20 Jun 10 - 06:29 PM (#2931664)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dh'fhalbh na gillean grinn
From: GUEST,Eko45

Thanks for the helping hand Jim.