Category: told by Angus MacLellan

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Duanag do Mhattie
(A Song for Mattie)

Duanag do Mhattie / A Song for Mattie Le Aonghas Mac ‘ill Fhaolain / by Angus Y MacLellan Thig a nall ‘s thoir dhomh do làmh Ann ad ghluasad na biodh dàil, Chum ‘s gun innsinn ann an dàn Meud a’ ghàidh thug mi do Mhattie. Come on over, take my hand Don’t delay in [...]

‘S E ‘m Bàth aig Matà As Fhearr
(Mattie’s Store is the Best)

Angus Y MacLellan, who kept the lighthouse on Margaree Island near Inverness, Nova Scotia, wrote this song in Gaelic, in honor of his friend, Matthew Ferguson. Mattie for decades ran a store in Inverness. Seisd: I hiuraibh o, i hiuraibh o Tiugainn mar so ma thu connradh bhuat I hiuraibh o, i hiuraibh o ‘S [...]

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