Mhòrag’s Na Horò Gheallaidh

This song appears on Clannad's sixth album Fuaim, released in 1982. A popular milling song on Cape Breton's North Shor more...

This song appears on Clannad’s sixth album Fuaim, released in 1982. A popular milling song on Cape Breton’s North Shore and in the Framboise, Catalone area. Its chorus’s strong beat and melody are complimented by numerous verses that present images of seafaring, the hunt, romance and lost love. Mòrag was a code name for Prince Charles during the Jacobite Uprisings. Songs set to this air were composed by the famous Gaelic Bard Alastair mac Mhaighstir Alastair and Donnchadh Bàn.

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Irish

Sèist: 
Him ò ì og ì ò
A Mhòrag 's na ho rò gheallaidh
Him ò ì og ì ò

Mhorag Bheag a'chul dualaich
Gu de dh'fhag an gruaim air t'aire

'G iomain a chruaidh-laoidh gu buaile
'S nach fhaic mi mo luaidh a dh'fhearaibh

'G iomain a chruaidh-laoidh gu airidh
'S nach fhaic mi mo ghradh a dh'fhearaibh

Suithadaibh luadhaibh an clo
Gu deise phosaidh dha mo leannan

Tha te ur am buth an tailleir
'S thig i an duigh na 'maireach dhachaidh

Chan eil mo leannan-sa ga h-iarriadh
Tha te liath aige's te thartain

English

Chorus (after each verse):
Him ò ì og ì ò
A Mhòrag 's na ho rò gheallaidh
Him ò ì og ì ò

Wee Morag of the curls down her back
What has left you in such a bad mood?

Leading the cow-with-calf to the field
And I shall not see my sweetheart, lads

Leading the cow-with-calf to the sheiling
And I shall not see my darling, lads

Go on and waulk the tweed-cloth
For a wedding-suit for my beloved

There's a new one in the tailor's shop
And she is coming home today or tomorrow

My beloved does not want it
He has a gray one and a tartan one

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