Catalogue no. 1507

Tha mi sgìth

I am tired

Music: Peter Hill, Words: Trad. Anon

Voicing: SATB

Performance time approx: 1m 10s

traditional Gaelic words and tune

Price code: A

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This piece is part of the set "Mouth music set 2".

The set also includes:

This is a lively yet haunting piece of Gaelic puirt-a-beul (‘poorsht-a-beel’) or mouth music – the name for songs written to accompany dancing.
Traditionally, puirt-a-beul is sung unaccompanied and in unison but the tunes harmonise very well. Frequently they are sung in sequences of three or four, each song leading without a break into the next. Tha mi sgìth works well as the first song in the following set of four: Tha mi sgìth; Meal do bhrògan; An tàillear mhór; Gaol mo chridh-sa Màiri Bhàn (all published by Canasg).

Tha mi sgìth

Tha mi sgìth, 's mi leam-fhìn,
'Buain na rainich, buain na rainich,
Tha mi sgìth, 's mi leam-fhìn,
'Buain na rainich, daonnan.
Cùl an tomain, bràigh' an tomain,
Cùl an tomain bhòidhich,
Cùl an tomain, bràigh' an tomain,
H-uile latha 'nam aonar.
traditional Gaelic song

Translation
I am tired, and on my own,
pulling the bracken, pulling the bracken,
I am tired, and on my own,
pulling the bracken, always.
Canasg editors

Full pronunciation guide provided

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Scottish

Tha mi sgìth

Peter Hill

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