Misc Traditional – Mo Ghleannan Taobh Loch Lìobhainn (Guitar)
Capo 5
Key
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Chords
Theres an English translation included below.
C* = Csus2>h>Cadd9
G* = Gsu2>h>G
[Verse 1]
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Em7 Tha gleannan beag bòidheach an Gàidhealtachd mo ghaoil Cadd9 Cadd9 D G Far an d’ fhuair mise m’ àrach ’s mo threòrach Cadd9 G C* Em7 Anns an cluinnear a’ chòisir as binn’ air an t-saoghal Cadd9 D C* C* Mar tha ’n uiseag, an lon-dubh ’s an smeòrach
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Em7 O 's truagh nach robh mis' ann an gleannan mo ghaoil Cadd9 Cadd9 D G Oir tha beannachadh Dhè agus sith ann Cadd9 G C* Em7 Tha na h-aibhnean 's na coilltean as bòidhch' air an t-saoghal Cadd9 D C* G* Ann an gleannan mo ghaoil taobh Loch Lìobhainn.
[Verse 2]
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Em7 Fàile cùbhraidh an fhraoich tigh'nn thar mullach nam beann Cadd9 Cadd9 D G Agus chì thu'n damh ruadh air an fhrìth ann Cadd9 G C* Em7 'S ged shiùbhladh tu Alba chan fhaic thu aon ghleann Cadd9 D C* C* Tha cho boidheach rim' ghleann taobh Loch Lìobhainn.
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Em7 O 's truagh nach robh mis' ann an gleannan mo ghaoil Cadd9 Cadd9 D G Oir tha beannachadh Dhè agus sith ann Cadd9 G C* Em7 Tha na h-aibhnean 's na coilltean as bòidhch' air an t-saoghal Cadd9 D C* G* Ann an gleannan mo ghaoil taobh Loch Lìobhainn.
[Verse 3]
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Em7 Ann an achadh bheag uaine chaidh lomadh le fàl Cadd9 Cadd9 D G Bidh na gillean le'n camain a' strì ann Cadd9 G C* Em7 'S chan 'eil buidheann an siorramachd mhòr EarraGhàidheal Cadd9 D C* C* Tha cho clis ris na suinn taobh Loch Lìobhainn.
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Em7 O 's truagh nach robh mis' ann an gleannan mo ghaoil Cadd9 Cadd9 D G Oir tha beannachadh Dhè agus sith ann Cadd9 G C* Em7 Tha na h-aibhnean 's na coilltean as bòidhch' air an t-saoghal Cadd9 D C* G* Ann an gleannan mo ghaoil taobh Loch Lìobhainn.
[Verse 4]
G Cadd9 G Em7 Tha daoine cho coibhneil 's cho càirdeil 'sa ghleann Cadd9 Cadd9 D G 'S chan eil aobhar bhith dubhach no sgìth ann, Cadd9 G C* Em7 Is cho fhad's a bhios Ga\idhlig 'ga sgrìobhadh le peann Cadd9 D C* C* Bidh mi moladh mo ghleann taobh Loch Lìobhainn.
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Em7 O 's truagh nach robh mis' ann an gleannan mo ghaoil Cadd9 Cadd9 D G Oir tha beannachadh Dhè agus sith ann Cadd9 G C* Em7 Tha na h-aibhnean 's na coilltean as bòidhch' air an t-saoghal Cadd9 D C* G* Ann an gleannan mo ghaoil taobh Loch Lìobhainn. (Repeat X2)
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[Translation]
There are small, pretty glens in the Highlands I love,
Where I was brought up and raised,
In which the best choir in the world can be heard
Like the Lark, the Blackbird and the Thrush
Chorus:
Oh it's a pity I'm not in the little glen that I love,
for God's blessings and peace are there.
The rivers and woods are the most beautiful in the world4
in the little glen I love by Loch Leven.
The fragrant scent of the heather comes across the hilltops,
and you'll see the red stag in the forest1 there
and should you travel throughout Scotland you'ld not see one glen
that's as beautiful as my glen by Loch Leven.
chorus
On the little green field that was mown with a scythe
the lads will be competing there with their shinty sticks
and there isn't a team in the great county of Argyll
that is as agile as the men by Loch Leven.
chorus
There are people so kind and so friendly in the glen
that there's no reason to be sad or weary there;
and as long as Gaelic is being written with pens
I'll be praising my glen by Loch Leven.