Loch Tay

from Arms of the Sea by Alexander James Adams

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LOCH TAY BOAT SONG
Traditional Music & Lyrics
Arrangement: Heather Alexander

“nighean ruadh” is red-haired little girl in Scots Gaelic*

When I’ve done the work of day, and I row my boat away
Down the waters of Loch Tay as the evening lights are fading-
And I look upon Ben Lawers, where the after glory glows
And I think on two bright eyes, and a melting mouth below

She’s my beautious nighean ruadh! She’s my joy and sorrow, too
And although she is untrue, well, I cannot live without her-
For my heart’s a boat in tow, and I’d give the world to know
Why she means to let me go, as I sing , “Horee, horo!”

Nighean Ruadh, your lovely hair has more glamour I declare
Then all the tresses rare ‘tween Killin and Aberfeldy
Be they lint white, brown or gold, be they blacker than the sloe
They are worth no more to me than a melting flake of snow-

And her eyes are like the gleam of the sunlight on the stream
& the songs the Faeries sing, oh, they're the songs she sings at milking
But my heart is full of woe for last night she bade me go
And the tears begin to flow, as I sing, “ Horee, horo!”

Sea Fire Productions Inc. c&p 2006

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from Arms of the Sea, released August 1, 2006
Vocal, Guitar, Fiddle: Heather Alexander

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Alexander James Adams Redmond, Washington

A changling from the Land of Fae, Heather brings stories and songs from a world where magic never dies and anything can happen if you only believe.

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