AN GAOḊAL.
Dear Sir. — I send this song to THE GAEL by request of many of
your readers. It is the composition of one Peter Jordan, of Cool-na-
binne, near Nephin, while he was a refugee from English law in Ach¬
ill for the part he took with the French in 1798. I had to make some
slight alterations in a few words as they were poor* Irish But I got
it from my aunt, who is long at rest, who knew the author in life, and
who told me it was the correct version.
I met some of Tom Daly’s family myself, and, no doubt, your
readers in the old land will recall his cheerful welcome to his hospita¬
ble home — the road-side hotel in historic old Cool-na-binne
MARTIN P. WARD, 20, 6th St. San Francisco, Cal.
[* There is no doubt that some of these old songs suffer consider¬
ble change in their transit through the various channels which they
traverse in the course of ages. Mr. P. J. Gallagher, Cortland, Ill., sent
THE GAEL six verses of the above song some thirteen years ago, which
were published in No. 6 of Vol. 3 However, as Brother Ward hails
from the author's neighborhood, and being well versed in Gaelic lore,
we take it for granted that his is the right version, — Ed. G.]
CÚL NA BINNE.
Col na Binn.
Fonn — Bail' Uí Liḋe,
Sé mo ḃrón is mo ḋeacair gan mé i Mamagárṫa
'Gus in mo láiṁ-se dúḃaċ a's peann,
'Sé n-iarrfainn go aṫċuinge ar riġ na ngrása
Intleaċt Hómair ḃeiṫ in mo ċeann,
Go sgríoḃfainn síos i nduḃ is a mbán é
Deise gaċ áite atá ins an ngleann —
Aċt ar a ḃreáġaċda ní ḟeudaim tráċta,
Ceud faraor geur tá m' intleaċt fann.
'Sé duḃairt fear as Acuil liom, "Ná bí gan ċéill,
Ag gol 's ag eugcaoin ndiaiġ Ċúil-na-binin',
Ḃéarfad bean agus ḋá ċeud bó ḋuit,
'Gus acra móinḟéir i n-aġaiḋ gaċ cinn;
Bád agus eangaiġe 's beiḋeam i n-aoinfeaċd,
'Gus ḃéarfam eudáil isteaċ de 'n toinn;
'Gus naċ saoilim féin gur fearr an méid sin,
Ná ag gol 's ag eugcaoin ndiaiġ Ċúil-na-binn'."
Dá dtaḃarṫá bean 'gus ḋá ċeud bó ḋam
'Gus acra móinḟéir i n- agaiḋ gaċ cinn,
A bhfuil de ḃáid 's de eangaiġ as seo go Bófinn,
'Gus saiḃreas Ṡeoirse ar fad gan roinn,
Do b'ḟearr liom acra de 'n ḃogaċ ḃáiḋte
Atá eidir an Ṁaímín 'gus Inse-an-draiġin,
Cead rinc le cailíniḃ la saoire a's Dóṁnaiġ,
A g-ceanntar na mbóiṫreaḋ úd Ċúil-na-binn'.
