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		<publisher>Connradh na Gaedhilge</publisher>
		<pubPlace>24 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin</pubPlace><date>Ní fios, 1886</date><idno>IG02-86</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
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<text><body><div><p><span>Caoch The Piper</span>
<lb n="1"/><span>I.</span></p>
<lb n="2"/>
<lb n="3"/><p><span>Lá geimhre n-aon, fad' o, fad' o,</span>
<lb n="4"/><span>'Nuair bhíos am ghárlach gairid,</span>
<lb n="5"/><span>Do ghluaisios píobaire liath, dall, crón,</span>
<lb n="6"/><span>Ag taisdiol chum ar n-doruis,</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>Ach O! mar líon mo chroidhe le meídhir,</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>Cé 'r dubh é aoir na spéire,</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>'Nuair dhearc me'n siúblaidhe 'gus a ghadhar,</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>“Pinch” bocht agus Caoch O'Laoghaire.</span></p>
<lb n="11"/>
<lb n="12"/><p><span>II.</span>
<lb n="13"/><span>Ach 'nuair do sguir dá phíb amach</span>
<lb n="14"/><span>A mála síoghach, tamall,</span></p>
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<pb n="367"/>
<div><lb n="15"/><p><span>Dubhairt me “ní'l a n-Éirinn ghlas</span>
<lb n="16"/><span>Go léir, le fághail a shamhailt:”</span>
<lb n="17"/><span>Agus ritheann Fionn do Bourc go prab,</span>
<lb n="18"/><span>Fós Eibhlín, Cáit a's Mary,</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>Agus Seaghan Macaoidh, le luas isteach</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>Ag fáiltiughadh Chaoich Ui Laoghaire.</span></p>
<lb n="21"/>
<lb n="22"/><p><span>III.</span>
<lb n="23"/><span>O! beannacht leis an aimsir ghrín;</span>
<lb n="24"/><span>Beannacht le laethibh m' óige!</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>'Nuair bhídhinn air thuairisg neadracha</span>
<lb n="26"/><span>Ó mhaidin go tráth-nóna —</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>Ní dhearmadfad na tratha séin,</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>Tré ádh no bliaghanta daora —</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>Ní dhearmadfad mo cháirde sean,</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>Ná Caoch gan meang O'Laoghaire.</span></p>
<lb n="31"/>
<lb n="32"/><p><span>IV.</span>
<lb n="33"/><span>Do chuaidh Caoch a's Pinch a d-tráth chum</span>
<lb n="34"/><span>suain,</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>Ach air maidin, le moch-óirighe,</span>
<lb n="36"/><span>Glaodhann me suas go g-cloisinn uaig</span>
<lb n="37"/><span>“An ghaoth do chroith an órna;”</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>Annsan do bhuail mo chiabh líon-bhán,</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>Agus ghoir-sé dia dhom chaomhna —</span>
<lb n="40"/><span>Ach ghoil me 'nuair a dubhairt sé, “slán,</span>
<lb n="41"/><span>Agus smaoin air Chaoch O'Laoghaire.</span></p>
<lb n="42"/>
<lb n="43"/><p><span>V.</span>
<lb n="44"/><span>Do thugsad fithche samhradh cuairt</span>
<lb n="45"/><span>Do bhí grian na lúine air goradh,</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>Agus mise 'm' fhear am' shuidhe go duairc,</span>
<lb n="47"/><span>A smaoineamh, ag am dhorus;</span>
<lb n="48"/><span>Gluaisios maidrin chugham sa t-slíge,</span>
<lb n="49"/><span>Ba cortha mall go léir é;</span>
<lb n="50"/><span>Agus na dhiaig bacach gan bhrígh —</span>
<lb n="51"/><span>Siad Pinch agus Caoch O'Laoghaire.</span></p>
<lb n="52"/>
<lb n="53"/><p><span>VI.</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>Sean-Chaoch, mo nuar! is dreoil a chruit</span>
<lb n="55"/><span>Agus lúbadh dhó is éigion;</span>
<lb n="56"/><span>Is bán a lamha 's is lom a chruit,</span>
<lb n="57"/><span>'S na datha táid ag tréigion</span>
<lb n="58"/><span>Air a mhala críon gan snas,—</span>
<lb n="59"/><span>Agus Pinch faoi dho níos géire,</span>
<lb n="60"/><span>'S níos gruagaidhe 'na 'nuair chonairc me'r</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>d-túis</span>
<lb n="62"/><span>É féin a's Caoch O'Laoghaire.</span></p>
<lb n="63"/>
<lb n="64"/><p><span>VII.</span>
<lb n="65"/><span>“Dia dhíbh,” ar-san deoraidhe tláith,</span>
<lb n="66"/><span>“Gura fada uaibh gach aimhleas;</span>
<lb n="67"/><span>A mairionn aoin-ne beo san áit</span>
<lb n="68"/><span>Ar cuímin leis Caoch na Píbe?”</span>
<lb n="69"/><span>Le croídhe bo lán d'fháisg mé a ghlac</span>
<lb n="70"/><span>Sé dubhairt go caoin “mo laogh thú,</span>
<lb n="71"/><span>An tusa leanbh an chinn ba tais,</span>
<lb n="72"/><span>Do ghradhuigh sean Chaoch O'Laoghaire?”</span></p>
<lb n="73"/>
<lb n="74"/><p><span>VIII.</span>
<lb n="75"/><span>Dubhras gur má — do bhéic an fear</span>
<lb n="76"/><span>Mar bheith a chroidhe dhá raoba —</span>
<lb n="77"/><span>“'S cá bhfuil,” air-sé, an spórt air fad</span>
<lb n="78"/><span>San áras so ba léir dom</span>
<lb n="79"/><span>Timchioll fithche bliaghain o shoin?” -</span>
<lb n="80"/><span>Mo sgéal — osnaighim — cé daor é,</span>
<lb n="81"/><span>Ní'l beo ach me chum fáilte chur</span>
<lb n="82"/><span>Anois roimh Chaoch O'Laoghaire.”</span></p>
<lb n="83"/>
<lb n="84"/><p><span>IX.</span>
<lb n="85"/><span>“Óbhó bhó!” air-sé, ag caoi,</span>
<lb n="86"/><span>'S go dian do ghread a bhasa;</span>
<lb n="87"/><span>Ó léig me 'steach a stór mo chroidhe,</span>
<lb n="88"/><span>'S a máireach raighead a bhaile:</span>
<lb n="89"/><span>Fagfaidh me an saogal fuar, díth,</span>
<lb n="90"/><span>Mar ar fada me am straedhire,</span>
<lb n="91"/><span>Agus coinne-se mo ghadhar 's mo phíob,</span>
<lb n="92"/><span>Agus guidhig air Chaoch O'Laoghaire.”</span></p>
<lb n="93"/>
<lb n="94"/><p><span>X.</span>
<lb n="95"/><span>Le Pinch beag fairim é go ló;</span>
<lb n="96"/><span>Ach air maidin, mar ba mhéin leis,</span>
<lb n="97"/><span>D'éag-sé, agus aifrionn báis dó</span>
<lb n="98"/><span>Radhann an-t-athair Séamus —</span>
<lb n="99"/><span>Na comharsain téighid, 's do dhéinid uagh</span>
<lb n="100"/><span>'Ngar Eibhlín, Chaite a's Mhary,</span>
<lb n="101"/><span>Mar ar síoch a dheire-shuan —</span>
<lb n="102"/><span>Beannacht le Caoch O'Laoghaire.</span></p>
<lb n="103"/>
<lb n="104"/><p/></div></body></text></TEI>
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