"Cànan Nan Gàidheal" lyrics

"Cànan Nan Gàidheal"

Cha b' e sneachda 's reothadh bho Thuath
Cha b' e crannadh geur fuar bho 'n Ear
Cha b' e uisge 's gaillean bho 'n Iar
Ach an galar a bhlian bho 'n Dheas
Blàth, duilleach, stoc agus freumh
Cànan mo threubh 's mo shluaigh

Thig thugainn, thig còmhl' rium gu Siar
Gus an cluinn sinn an cànan nam Fèinn
Thig thugainn, thig còmhl' rium gu Siar
Gus an cluinn sinn an cànan nan Gàidheal

Bheir a-nuas dhuinn na coinnleirean òr
'S ann caraibh na coinnleirean geal cèir
Lasaibh suas iad an seòmar a' bhròin
Taigh aire seann chànan a' Ghàidheil
'S e siud o chionn fhad' thuirt an nàmh
Ach fhathast tha beò Cànan nan Gàidheal

Thig thugainn, thig còmhl' rium gu Siar
Gus an cluinn sinn an cànan nam Fèinn
Thig thugainn, thig còmhl' rium gu Siar
Gus an cluinn, sinn an cànan nan Gàidheal

Ged theich i le beath às na ghlinn
Ged sgàl an-diugh cluinnt nas moth'
O dhùthaich MhicAoidh fada tuath
Gu ruig thu Druim-Uachdar nam bò
Gidheadh an eilean an Iar
'Si fhathast ann ciad chàinnt an t'slòigh

Thig thugainn, thig còmhl' rium gu Siar
Gus an cluinn sinn an cànan nam Fèinn
Thig thugainn, thig còmhl' rium gu Siar
Gus an cluinn sinn an Cànan nan Gàidheal

Thig thugainn, thig còmhl' rium gu Siar
Gus an cluinn sinn an cànan nam Fèinn
Thig thugainn, thig còmhl' rium gu Siar
Gus an cluinn sinn an cànan nan Gàidheal


Writer(s): Murdo Macfarlane
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