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Posted by: dmcg
Posted: 2003-09-15 09:12:45
Message:
Bab� mo leanabh, Bab� , bab� .
Bab� mo leanabh, Bab� , bab� .
Faill �¬ faill �³ Faill �©ill o-ro-ho,
Gu'n till na feara a db'fhalbb thar s� il
(Translation:
Sleep my child! Sleep, oh, sleep!
And may the men return who have gone over the sea!)
Source: One Hundred Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland
Notes:
Taken down from Mrs Boog Watson, Edinburgh, 1898 by Frances Tolmie.
Database entry is here.
Edited By dmcg - 15-Sep-2003 09:13:43 AM