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Puirt A Beul
A simple brief
thought on Scottish
Independance.

Were the outdated
union not of some very
high value to England and
the English, why would
they fight so to try to
keep it?

There are only so many
slices to a pie, for one to
have more, another must
have less.

Lastly - to those Scottish
"Loyalists" - to whom are
you loyal?
Scots royalty died in the
1700's so it can be no
Scots crown - And
certainly not it appears to
those who came before,
that bled for Scotland
and her freedom !  
In the words
1)
Tha bann' aig na caoraich uile All the sheep have milk
'S galan aig a' chaora chruim And the one with the
crooked horn has a gallon
Ubh oirr' cho mo/r ri gamhain She has an udder as big as
a milk cow's
'S e cho sleamhain ris an i\m And it's as slippery as butter

(2)
Sheatadh cailleach The old woman would set
ruilleadh cailleach The old woman would reel
Sheatadh cailleach ris a' bhalg The old woman would set
to the bag
Sheatadh cailleach Uileam Bhuidhe Yellow haired
William's
old woman would set
ris a bhuidheann a bh'air falbh to the company that had
gone

Ruilleadh cailleach nan cailleach The old woman of the
old women
would reel
ri cailleach bhaile nan cailleach to the old woman of the
town
of old women
'S gu seatadh a chailleach Hearach and the old woman of
Harris
would set
ris a chaillich a bh'air falbh to the old woman who had
gone

Ruilleadh cailleach Iain Bhuidhe Yellow haired John's old
woman
would reel
Ris a chailleach a bh'aig Uileam to William's old woman
'S nuair a thug Anna dhith and when Anna took off her
mutch
an curachd
B'fheadar a dh'Iain Curraidh falbh John Curry had to go
away


(3)
Thoir a nall Ailean thugam, Bring Allan over to me,
Ailean thugam, Ailean thugam to me, to me
Thoir a nall Ailean thugam Bring Allan over to me,
seatadh e'n t-urlar he would set the floor

Cha teid Fionnlagh a dh'Eige Finlay won't go to Eigg
Ged nach po\sda e feasda although he's not married yet
Cha teid Fionnladh a dh'Eige Finlay won't go to Eigg
Dh'Eige cha teid Fionnlagh To Eigg Finlay won't go

Ceann ruadh air a nighean The girl has red hair
Buidhe ruadh air a nighean The girl has yellow-red hair
Ceann ruadh air a nighean The girl has red hair
Mar a bh'air a ma\thair Just like her mother
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