Annotation:Fhleasgaich Oig is Ceanalta

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FHLEASGAICH OIG IS CEANALTA (The Young and Gentle Lad). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A Highland air. The chorus goes:

A fhleasgaich oig is ceanalta
'S tu leannan nan deas ghruagach
Do ghaol a rinn mo sharachadh
'S tha bhlath sin air mo shnuadh-sa

[Oh young and gentle lad
To all the girls their sweetheart be
Your love has so oppressed me
I'm pale and worn, it's plain to see ]

Source for notated version: Flora MacNeill [Peter Kennedy].

Printed sources: Kennedy (Folksongs of Britain and Ireland), 1967; No. 13, p. 41. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 4), 1991; p. 27.

Recorded sources: Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX 261, "Scottish Women" (2004). Greentrax Recordings, Mrs. Helen Morrison - "Gaelic Songs from the North Uist Tradition" (2013. Various artists). Maggie MacInnes - "Eilean Mara." Talitha MacKenzie - "Spiorad." Alyth McCormack - "An Iomall."

See also listing at:
Hear the song sung by Scottish Women on youtube.com [1]