CARMINA GADELICA

Ortha nan Gaidheal

HERDING BLESSING

Travelling moorland, travelling townland,

Travelling mossland long and wide,

Be the herding of God the Son about your feet,

Safe and whole may ye home return,

Be the herding of God the Son about your feet,

Safe and whole may ye home return.

The sanctuary of Carmac and of Columba

Be protecting you going and coming,

And of the milkmaid of the soft palms,

Bride of the clustering hair golden brown,

And of the milkmaid of the soft palms,

Bride of the clustering hair golden brown.