Take My Farewell Over Gunna (Scottish Folk Song)
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Bheir Mo Shoraidh Thar Ghunnaidh (Take My Farewell Over Gunna) (Scottish Gaelic)
Bheir mo shoraidh thar Ghunnaidh / Gu Muile nam mor bheann
Hug oireann o ro hu bha ho / Mo nighean donn bhoidheach / Hug oireann o ro hu bha ho
Far an cluinnear a'chuthag / Air gach bruthach ro'Bhealltainn
Hug oireann o ro hu bha ho, etc.
Chi mi'm bata 's i tighinn / Is Iain 'ga seoladh
Hug oireann o ro hu bha ho, etc.
Cum direach i Iain / Cum tioram i Dhonhnaill
Hug oireann o ro hu bha ho, etc.
I an cista chaoil chumhaig / Air a dunadh 's a tairneadh
Hug oireann o ro hu bha ho, etc.
'S truagh nach robh mi 's an fhiabhras / Mun do chuir mi riamh t'eolas
Hug oireann o ro hu bha ho, etc.
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Take my farewell over Gunna / O'er to Mull, the land of mountains
Hug oireann o ro hu bha ho / Mo nighean donn bhoidheach / Hug oireann o ro hu bha ho
Where the cuckoo is heard calling / On each hill before May morning
Hug oireann o ro hu bha ho, etc.
There I see the boat arriving / At the helm I see young Ian
Hug oireann o ro hu bha ho, etc.
Keep her straight on course, Ian / Keep her safe and dry, Donald
Hug oireann o ro hu bha ho, etc.
She is in a narrow coffin / It is closed, held down with nails
Hug oireann o ro hu bha ho, etc.
O that I'd been in a fever / Before I ever got to know you
Hug oireann o ro hu bha ho, etc.
Words and tune from Folk Songs of Britain and Ireland, edited by Peter Kennedy. Sequenced by Tom Connole.
bheirmo.htm 6/3/06