Annotation:O' Luaidh

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O' LUAIDH. AKA - "O My Dearest Darling." Scottish, Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A Scots-Gaelic love song.

O luaidh, 's truagh nach deachaidh sinn
È luaidh, 's truagh nach deachaidh sinn
O gura truagh a' cheist, o luaidh
Nach robh mi san uaigh mun d' fhuair mi sealladh ort
O luaidh.

Oh love, it's a pity we never courted
Eh love, it's a pity we never courted
Oh what a pitiful question
Would that I was in my grave before I met you
Oh love

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 3), 1988; p. 19.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Hear the song at Tobar an Dualchais [1][2]

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