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Title Ho ro Ruaraidh 'ic a Phi |
Ho ro Ruaraidh ic a Phi Na bi stri ri d'ainealos Gum b'fhearr dhuit aon bhith agad le cinnt Na mile bhith a fanoid ort Thug thu greis an deidh 'n te bhàn Aig Teàrlach 'ain ic Alasdair Ach mhil a Lomonach a shùil Is dhruigh? Sud mar an gaillionn ort 'S math a chumadh tu beag òg 'S gu leor agad 's na bancaichean Gu brath cha d'reidheidh i fon chliabh Tha capul breagh 's cairt agad 'S tu bha gorach 's nach robh seolt' Nuair thoisich thu ri leannanachd Tha te neo dha an taobh sa'n Dùn A reidheadh an cul a' falach leat Ruaraidh cha chan mise 'n corr 'S mi fhin cho mór na m' Maban A ghruag a dh' fhas orm nis air cnamh Tha thu bàn 's cha ghabh iad sinn. |
Description Oran gaoil, love song Neil composed the song below on behalf of Ruaraidh Macphie from Kilmaluag who was having problems with his courting plans in his advanced years | |
Composer Neil Nicolson | |
Sloinneadh Niall Mhurchaidh Neill?, Brogaig | |
Biography A Nicolson of Brogaig is remembered for his music and imagination. He was Neil Nicolson, or, rather, Nìall Mhurcaidh Néill. He was a brother of the grandmother of Alec 'Bhalots' Macdonald. He was born in 1884 to a musical, artistic family. When he came home he fished and worked the croft. He was well known for his skills in healing sick animals. He was even better known as a bàrd, though. He had been a sailor for most of his life. And when he returned home, he fished and worked the croft until he died at 67 years. Like his father before him, he composed many lovely songs. Only a few have survived. | |
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