PEIGI GHORDAIN~RODDY CAMPBELL~ BACK TO BARRA (Lyrics)

From the 2005 release, Back To Barra. PEIGI GHORDAIN (Peggy Gordan) delivered in Scots Gaelic, tells the story of a young man's unrequited love, for the object of his affection, Peggy Gordan.

Still: The White Cockade (1899)-William Ewart Lockhart

~ Peigi Ghòrdain~

O Pheigi Ghòrdain, gur tu mo ghradh-sa,~O Peggy Gordon, you are my darling,
Thig ’s suidh’n seo comhla rium air mo ghluin,~Come sit ye doon upon my knee,
Is innis dhomhsa, ma tha thu deonach,~And tell tae me the very reason,
Ceann-fath do ghrain is do mhi-run rium.~Why I am slighted so by thee.

Gu bheil mi’n gaol riut cha teid mi’s aiche,~I am in love, I can't deny it,
Gur brist’ an cridhe a tha nam chom,~My heart lies troubled in my breast,
Chan fheum mis’ innse do shluadh na tire,~It’s not for me to let the world know it
Gur beag am faothachadh gheibh cridhe tha trom.~A troubled heart can find no rest

S ann thuit mo shannd air an togsaid bhranndaidh,~I put my head tae the cask o’ brandy
An corr cha b’annsa leam, bha mi truagh,~It was my fancy so to do,
Nuair bhios mi’g ol’s ann a dh’fhalbhas bron bhuam,~For when I’m drinking I’m seldom thinking,
S air Peigi Ghòrdain cha laigh mo smuain.~And wishing Peggy Gordon was here.

O b’fhearr gun robh mi an gleannan uaigneach,~I wish I was in a lonely valley,
As an do ruaigte gach uile te,~Where womenkind can not be found,
Far’n cluinnear eunlaigh nan iomadh fior-ghuth,~Where all small birds change their voices
Is measgadh fhuaim a’ tighinn bhuap’ anuas.~And every moment a different sound.

O Pheigi Ghòrdain, gur tu mo ghradh-sa,~O Peggy Gordon you are my darling,
Thig’s suidh’n seo comhla rium air mo ghluin,~Come sit ye doon upon my knee,
Is innis dhomhsa, ma tha thu deonach,~And tell tae me the very reason,
Ceann-fath do ghrain is do mhi-run rium.~Why I’m slighted so by thee.