Òran an Ròin
Julie Fowlis * Track #9 On alterum
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Òran an Ròin by Julie Fowlis
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This song is sung from the perspective of the selkies, the seal people of Gaelic myth and legend. The words are hauntingly fitting for many Scottish Gaelic communities that feel the loss and the erosion of their people and culture. That’s a common thread for many of the people we serve throughout Eu...
Òran an Ròin Lyrics
Hò i hò i hì o hò i
Hò i hò i hì o hì
Hò i hò i hì o hò i
Cha robh mi m’ aonar a-raoir
’S mairg san tìr seo, ’s mairg san tìr
’g ithe dhaoine ’n riochd a bhìdh
Nach fhaic sibh ceannard an t-sluaigh
Goil air teine gu cruaidh cruinn
’S mise nighean Aoidh mhic Eòghainn
Gum b’ eòlach mi mu na sgeirean
Gur mairg a dhèanadh mo bhualadh
Bean uasal mi o thìr eile
Thig an smeòrach, thig an druid
Thig gach eun a dh’ionnsaigh nid
Thig am bradan thar a’ chuain
Gu Latha Luain cha ghluaisear mis’