Capercaillie
Sidewaulk
Oh My Country
Oh my country what is on my mind
You sweet perfume of your gallant souls,
Where the gentlemen are found,
Where Ma 'ic Alan would have been.
The land of the sea, the land of the barley
Land and the abundance of all kinds
Where the young lads are
Take a song and drink the beer< br/>They come here, carach, sent
To deceive us out of our knowledge;
They recommend us Manitoba,
A cold country without coal, without peat.
I don't need to tell it,
When it is reached, in the visible,
A short summer of a peaceful autumn,
A long winter of bad weather
If I had enough storage
Two clothes, a pair of shoes
And my fare was in my bag
I would send it to Uist.
Oh My Country
O my country are on my mind
Fresh, fragrant Uist of the saplings,
Where the noble men are found
Who gave their hereditary allegiance to Son ic Ailein.
Land of seabed, land of barley
Land of abundance of every kind
Where the young lads will be
Singing songs and drinking beer
They will come to us cunning and wily
In order to entice us from our homes
They will praise Manitoba to us
A cold country with no coal and no peat!
I don't need to say
That when we reach it we'll see it
A short summer and a peaceful autumn
A long winter of bad weather.
If I had riches
A change of clothes and a pair of shoes
And my prayer in my pocket
It is to Uist that I would be sailing.

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