As I was a-walking all alane I heard twa corbies makkin a mane; An’ tain unto the tither did say-o, “Where shall we gang and dine the day-o Where shall we gang and dine the day?” “Its In behind yon auld fail dyke I wot there lies a new-slain knight; Nae mortal kens why he lies there-o But his hound and his hawk and his lady fair-o, His hound and his hawk and his lady fair.” His hound is tae the hunting gane, His hawk tae fetch the wildfowl hame; His lady has ta'en anither mate-o So we may mak our dinner sweet-0, We may mak our dinner sweet.” “Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane And I'll pike out his bonny blue een; Wi' many a lock of his golden hair-o We'll theek our nest where it grows bare-o, Theek our nest where it grows bare.” “There’s many a one for him maks mane But none shall ken where he has gane; O'er his white bones when they are bare-o The wind shall blow for evermair-o, The wind shall blow for evermair.” The winter it has come and past And all the birds are big in their nest But I’ll flee high abune them all And sing a sang for summer, say

A' Chlach a bha mo sheanmhair 'S mo sheanair oirre seanchas Air tilleadh mar a dh'fhalbh i Mo ghalghad a' Chlach Coma leam i 'n Cearrara An Calasraid no 'n Calbhaigh fad' 's a tha i 'n Albainn Nan garbhlaichean cas 'S i u ro bha ho ro hilli um bo ha Hilli um bo ruaig thu i hilli um bo ha 'S i u ro bha ho ro hilli um bo ha Ga cur an àite tearmainn A chumas i gu falachaidh 'S nach urrainn iad, nach dearg iad Air sgealb dhith thoirt às A' Chlach a chaidh a dhìth oirnn Air faighinn às an ìnean 'S gu deimhinne, ma thill i Tha 'n nì sin gu math Sèist Mionnan air fear deàrnaidh Gach màthair agus mac Nach leig sinn ann an gàbhadh Am fear a thug à sàs i 'S a mhiontraig air a teàrnadh À àite gum tlachd Ma chuireas iad an làmh air Chan fhuilear dhuinn bhith làidir Buille thoirt air a thàillibh Le stàilinn amach Bha 'm Ministear cho tùrsach Sa mhadainn nuair a dhùisg e 'S praban air a shùilean A' tionndadh amach E coiseachd feadh an ùrlair Ag ochanaich 's ag ùrnaigh a' coimhead air a' chùil Anns an d' ionndrainn e Chlach Sin far robh an stàireachd 'S an ruith air feadh an làir ann Gun smid aige ri ràidhtinn Ach "Càit 'n deach a' Chlach? 'S a Mhoire, Mhoire, Mhàthair Gu dè nì mise màireach Tha fios a'm gum bi bhànrainn A' fàgail a beachd" Gun tuirt e 's dath a' bhàis air "Cha chreidinn-sa gu bràth e Gun togadh fear bho làr i Nach b' àirde na speach Tha rudeigin an dàn dhomh 'S gun cuidicheadh an tÀgh mi Bha' n duine thug à sàs i Cho làidir ri each ~ English Translation ~ The Stone that my grandmother and my grandfather had stories about having returned as it went away, my brave romantic Stone I don't care whether it's in Kerrera in Callendar or in Calvay as long as it's in Scotland so rugged and precipitous. Chorus: Si u ro bha ho e hillium bo ha Hillium bo ruaig thu i hillium bo ha Si u ro bha ho e hillium bo ha Putting it in a place of refuge that will keep it hidden so that they won't be able, they won't manage to take away even a splinter of it, the stone which had gone missing on us having been taken from their claws and certainly, if it has come back that's really a good thing. (Chorus) Oaths by a man of accmplishment every single one of us that we won't permit any danger to the man who set it free and ventured its escape from a disgusting place, if they lay a hand on him we must be strong and strike blows on his behalf with steel drawn. (Chorus) The minister was so mournful when he woke in the morning with bleary eyes as he was getting up, walking along the floor groaning and praying and looking at the hole where he was missing the stone (Chorus) There's where the pacing was and running all round the floor, with nothing for him to say but "Where's the stone gone? Oh Mary, Mother Mary, what will I do tomorow, I know that the queen will be losing her cool". (Chorus) He said, looking like death, "I never would believe it, that anyone could lift it from the ground who was no bigger than a wasp. There's something fated for me, may heaven help me. The man who freed it was as strong as a horse".