“Mo Dhachaidh (My Ain Home)”

Description

Gaelic. Our house by the ferry is surrounded with flowers and birds, protected by the hill from snow. My wife is "the star o' my hame ... the bairnies are singin'" We don't need riches.

Notes

The description is based on Moffat's translation by Alexander Stewart. - BS

Recordings

• Malcolm Angus McLeod, "Mo Dhachaidh" (on NovaScotia1)

References

1. ADDITIONAL:
2. Alfred Moffat, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Highlands, pp. 48-49 in the soft-cover edition printed c.1960, pp. 92-93 in the hard-cover edition printed c.1908
3. BI, RcMDMAH