Buain A’Choirce
(Reaping the Oats)
Taken from liner notes of Sìleas' performance on the CD - Play On Light and Eva's transcription and phonetics. MP3 is of this song is on Reid's website.
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[Scots-Gaelic]
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[Rough Phonetic]
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[ 1 ] [Seist] [ 2 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] |
[ 1 ] La gho smEE booinya xhurk-ah Ghyarr mEE bameh sxha rov eh soaker [Chorus] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ * "xch" = raspy 'ch' sound like heard in 'loch' ] |
| 1] One day I was reaping oats I made a cut which was not even |
¢] Ho ro sna hoir ri ri o Hi ri ri ri ho ro eile Ho ro sna hoir ri ri o |
2] I made a cut which was not even I cut my knee and let out a sigh |
| 3] I cut my knee and let out a sigh I sat at the top of the field |
4] I sat at the top of the field Trying to see someone like you |
5] Trying to see someone like you A brown-haired man with a fair face |
| 6] A brown-haired man with a fair face Oh little seagull who swims the straits |
7] Oh little seagull who swims the straits Take my greeting to my love. |
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