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Puirt​-​A​̀​-​Beul: Tha Mi Air Mo Chur San Talamh / Cha Te​̀​id Fionnlagh A Dh'Eige / Fire Faire Mho​̀​rag / Leannan A Bh' Agam / Sheatadh Cailleach, Ruidhleadh Cailleach

from An Nighean Sheunta - The Enchanted Girl by Katie Macfarlane

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A selection of puirt which I really enjoy singing and have come across many times over the years, since my time attending singing workshops and Fèisean when I was a child. The second was introduced to me by Mary Bauld of North Uist, and the last three by Sìneag MacIntyre and Kathleen Macinnes of South Uist.

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Tha mi air mo chur san talamh
Tha mi air mo nàireachadh
Tha mi air mo chur san talamh
Ma gheibh mi an Tàillear (x2)

‘S luath leam gun d’ rinn thu tighinn
‘S tràth leam gun tàine tu
‘S luath leam gun d’rinn thu tighinn
‘S an teine gun smàladh (x2)



Cha tèid Fionnlagh a dh’ Eige,
Ged nach pòsadh e feasta
Cha tèid Fionnlagh a dh’ Eige
Dh’ Eige cha tèid Fionnlagh (x2)

Thoir a-nall Ailean thugam
Ailean thugam, Ailean agam
Thoir a-nall Ailean thugam,
Sheatadh e’ n t-ùrlar (x2)

Cha tèid Fionnlagh…

Dòmhnall àlainn a’ tighinn,
Mac a’ Bhàilidh à Uibhist
Dòmhnall àlainn a’ tighinn
Tighearna na luirgne (x2)

Cha tèid Fionnlagh a dh’ Eige…



Fire faire Mhòrag
Gaol mòr aig na gillean ort
Fire faire Mhòrag
Càite nis an robh thu raoir? (x2)

A Mhòrag, a Mhòrag
Gaol mòr aig na gillean ort
A Mhòrag, a Mhòrag
Càite nis an robh thu raoir? (x2)



Leannan a bh’ agam anuiridh
Sgaradh oirre dh’fhalbh i
Leannan a bh’ agam an uiridh
Sgaradh oirre dh’fhalbh i
Leannan a bh’ agam an uiridh
Sgaradh oirre dh’fhalbh i
Leannan a bh’ agam an uiridh
Sgaradh oirre dh’fhalbh i
Tha mi’n diugh an Cille Pheadair
‘S teannaidh mi ri caoineadh



Sheatadh Cailleach ruidhleadh Cailleach
Sheatadh Cailleach ris a’ bhalg
Sheatadh Cailleach Uilleam Bhuidhe
Ris a’ bhuidhinn a bh’ air falbh (x2)

Ruidhleadh Cailleach nan cailleach
Ri Cailleach bhaile nan cailleach
‘S gu seatadh a chailleach Hearach
Ris a’ chaillich a bh’ air falbh (x2)

Sheatadh Cailleach…

Ruidhleadh Cailleach Iain bhuidhe
Ris a’ chaillich a bh’ aig Uilleam
‘S nuair thug Anna dhith a currag
B’fheudar do dh’ Iain cuir i falbh (x2)

Sheatadh cailleach…

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from An Nighean Sheunta - The Enchanted Girl, released October 20, 2023
Katie – vocals
Roo Geddes – fiddle
Ross Ainslie – whistle
Michael Biggins – piano
Pablo Lafuente – guitar
Signy Jakobsdottir – percussion
James Lindsay – double bass

All traditional arranged Biggins/Lafuente/Macfarlane

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