12G DEER 



(jed dh'itheadh na fithich 'mach cridhe nan laogh 

 Gu'n tugadh crodh Chailcin dhonih bainn' air an fin'aoch 

 Gun chinnan, gun bliuarach, gun laoisgean, gun laogh, 

 Gun ni air an donihainn, ach monadh fo fliraoicb. 



Crodli guaillean breac ballacb, crodh Chailein mo ghaoil 



Gu h-uallacli 's an fliraoch, 's crodh Iain ri'n taobh 



Fo'n dlu bliarrach uaine, 's fliiurain an raoin, 



Gu'n tugadh crodh Chailein dhomh 'm bainn' air an fliraoch. 



Crodh Chailein mo chridhe 

 Crodh Iain mo ghaoil 

 Gu h-eutrom 's an ead'radh 

 A' beadradh ri 'n laoigh. 



My Colin, lov'd Colin, my Colin, my dear, 

 Who wont the wild mountains to trace without fear, 

 Oh ! where are thy flocks that so swiftly rebound 

 And fly o'er the heath, without touching the ground ? 



So dappled, so varied, so beauteous their hue ; 



So agile, so graceful, so charming to view 



O'er all the wide forest, there's nought can compare 



With the light bounding flocks of my Colin, my dear. 



My Colin, dear Colin, my Colin, my love. 



Oh ! where are thy flocks that so loftily move. 



With branches so stately their proud heads are crowned. 



With their motions so rapid the woods all resound. 



Where the birch trees hang weeping o'er fountains so clear. 



At noonday they're sleeping round Colin, my dear. 



Oh, Colin, sweet Colin, my Colin, my joy. 



Must those flocks and those herds all thy moments employ ? 



To yon waterfall's dashing I tune my sad strain. 

 And gather these violets for Colin in vain ; 

 At sunset he said he would meet with me here. 

 Then where can he linger, my Colin, my dear ? 



Oh Colin, my darling, my pleasure, my pride. 



While the flocks of rich shepherds are grazing so wide, 



Regardless I view them, unheeded the swains 



Whose herds scatter'd round me adorn the green plains. 



Their offers I hear, and their plenty I see. 



But what are their wealth and their offers to me ? 



While the light bounding roes, and the wild mountain deer, 



Are the cattle of Colin, my hunter, my dear. 



