CARMINA GADELICA

Ortha nan Gaidheal

A HERDING CROON

The cattle are to-day going a-flitting,

Hill-i-ruin is o h-ug o,

Ho ro la ill o,

Hill-i-ruin is o h-ug o,

Going to eat the grass of the burial-place,

Hill-i-ruin is o h-ug o,

Their own herdsman there to tend them,

Ho ro la ill o,

Hill-i-ruin is o h-ug o,

Tending them, fending them, turning them,

Hill-i-ruin is o h-ug o,

Be the gentle Bride milking them,

Hill-i-ruin is o h-ug o,

Be the lovely Mary keeping them,

Hill-i-ruin is o h-ug o,

And Jesu Christ at the end of their journey,

Jesu Christ at the end of their journey.

Hill-i-ruin is o h-ug o.