Craobhan air a' Rathad
A’ chiad sreath | First Line
Tar-sgriobhadh | Transcription
GF035i04N CRAOBHAN AIR A' RATHAD
Beulaiche: Neil Daniel Neil | Neil MacKay & Alec MacLean
Bàrd: Norman MacLeod
[Neil MacKay:] —pollaichean a-réir sin.
[Séist:] Hi rithill ò thug hoirean ò,
Hi iù ra bhò mo chéideag,
[Hi/Fa] rithill ò thug hoirean ò.
Tha dà dhamh mhór bhrèagha agad,
'Gam biathadh air bhàrr a' mhaple;
Ach nuair a thig a' samhradh,
Gun rannaich iad 'ad fhéin 'ad.
What's the next one?
[Alec MacLean:] Dh'aithnicheadh 'ad a's t-samhradh.
NM: Nam mealadh tus' a's t-samhradh,
Am brown top air na sléibhtean;
'S gun gearradh tu spruis làir dhaibh,
Gur mór a b' fhèarrt' 'ad fhéin e.
There's four or five other verses that I can't think of.
AM: That's the way of myself. I often heard it, but just—[...?] and I mentioned Malcolm—Maggie MacLeod.
Team notes:
Cf. Alec MacLean, "Craobhan air a' Rathad," interview by John Shaw, Cape Breton Folklore Collection, St. Francis Xavier University, March 2, 1978.
