Tha Mise 'sa Bharran
A’ chiad sreath | First Line
Tar-sgriobhadh | Transcription
GF029i08N THA MISE 'SA BHARRAN
Beulaiche: Ceatag ni'n 'Illeasbuig 'ic Iain Mhóir 'ic Ruairidh | Catherine MacDonald
Bàrd: Alasdair mac Eòghainn Bhàin | Alexander MacLean
[Catherine MacDonald:] … [So]ng is it, [Alasdair Eòghainn Bhàin?] Well would [tape crackle] bàrd MacLean be alright? [Tape crackle]. Bha 'm Bàrd MacLean, uill 's e—River Denys, River Denys Station.
[John Shaw:] Okay.
[MJM:] Can I go with the words?
Mise 'sa Bharran gun teine, gun bhiadh,
Bho'n dh'fhalbh m' fhear-taighe a Chanada an Iar;
Am dòchas a bh' agam ris an tlachd bh' agam riamh,
Gun tilleadh tu fhathast is mustache air do bheul.
Notes (fieldnotes):
Bard was father of Donald MacLean (Dòmhnall Lìosaidh) who composed "Tha mi seo 's a' Choille Chruinn."
Team notes:
Cf. Archie McMaster and Mrs. Archie McMaster, "Husband Goes to Canada, Sung in Gaelic," Audio Reel 5849, interviewed by Helen Creighton, Helen Creighton: Folklife, Nova Scotia Archives, 1956, 02:00-07:23 ; Cf. GF052i03
