Mòrag, ‘s i Mòrag
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How are you getting on? The second verse is coming up, let’s look at the vocabulary:
| bean an taighe | housewife, good-wife |
| fear an taighe | master of the house, man of the house |
| mo sheanmhair | my grandmother |
| seanair | grandfather |
| banarach | milkmaid |
| buachaille | cowherd |
| searbhant | servant |
| sgalag | skivvy |
The first two lines start pairing up the couples who were at the dance:
| Bha fear an taigh aig bean an taigh, 'S an sgalag aig an t-searbhant' | The man of the house danced with the good-wife, The skivvy with the servant |
The second two lines continue that theme of pairing off the couples:
| Bha 'm buachaill' aig a' bhanaraich, 'S mo sheanair aig mo sheanmhair | The cowherd danced with the milkmaid, My grandfather and grandmother danced together |
Now we’re comfortable, let’s put the four lines together:
