Oh Mo Dhu haich - Oh My Country Lyrics

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Another traditional Scottish song, this one not very well known.
It's public domain though. These lyrics came from the copy I have
of the song on the Sidewaulk album by Capercaillie

Hope all you Gaelic learners out there will benefit from the bilingual
lyrics!. Oh, and apologies to anyone from Manitoba :-)

Oh mo dhu	haich	- Oh my country (trad.)

An emigrant song in praise of Uist. The beautiful words were written by
Allan McPhee who lived at Loch Carnan, South Uist.

 O mo dhu	haich 'stu th'air m'aire


 Uibhist chumhraidh u
 nan gallan,


 Far a faighte na daoin' uaisle,

 
 Far 'm bu dual do Mhac 'ic Ailein.




 Ti
 a'mhurain, ti
 an eorna


 Ti
 's am pailt a h-uile seo
sa


 Far am bi na gillean oga


 Gabhail o
an 's 'g ol an lionna




 Thig iad ugainn, carach, seolta


 Gus ar mealladh far ar n-eolais;


 Molaidh iad dhuinn Manitoa,


 Du	haich fhuar gun ghual, gun mhoine.




 Cha leig mi leas a bhith 'ga innse,


 Nuair a ruigear, 'sann a chithear,


 Samhradh goirid foghar si	heil,


 Geamhradh fada na droch-shide




 Nam biodh agam fhin de sto
as 


 Da dheis aodaich, paidhir bhrogan


 Agus m'fha
adh bhith 'nam phoca


 'Sann air Uibhist dheanainn seoladh



			
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The song 'the mist covered mountains' on the Local Hero soundtrack is
a traditional Gaelic song, 'Chi mi na mor-bheanna' (I will see the big
mountains). Here's the words of the chorus incase you fancy singing along
the next time you play the soundtrack! This song was also played at
John F. Kennedy's funeral. It was written in 1856 by John Cameron of 
Ballachulish.

O chi, chi mi na mo
-bheanna
O chi, chi mi na co
r-bheanna,
O chi, chi mi na coireachan
chi mi na sgoran fo cheo.

Translation:

O I will see, see the big mountains
O I will see, see the peaked mountains
O I will see, see the corries,
I will see the misty peaks.