But apart from the artistic execution of the verses, the sweet, high-souled, and patriotic sentiments conveyed in them would always recommend them to the warm-hearted and emotional Gael. The history of “Fionnairidh” has always seemed to me something like that of “God Save the Queen,” or “The Address to the Cuckoo.” The names of Bruce and Lowe are connected with the last just as those of Macleod and Kelly are with the first. One of the few who could authoritatively decide the precise authorship of “Fionnairidh”—was that true and highly-gifted Highlander the late Dr John Macleod of Morven; and also his learned relative Dr Clerk of Kilmailie, who could write with accuracy of the different versions, English and Gaelic, of _Eirich agus tiugainn, O_. The following Gaelic version—eight stanzas, there are four more—are given as they came through the hands of the late Archibald Sinclair, who had probably something to do with it. It was first printed on a leaflet, was then copied into the “Gael” in 1872, and has been several times published in whole or in part since:— Tha ’n latha maith, ’s an soirbheas ciùin; Tha ’n nine ruith, ’s an t-àm dhuinn-dlùith; Tha ’m bat’ ’g am fheitheamh fo a siùil, Gu’ m thoirt a null o Fhionn-Airidh. Tha ioma mìle ceangal blath Mar shaighdean ann am féin an sas; Mo chridhe ’n impis a bhi sgaint’ A chionn bhi fagail Fionn-Airidh. Bu tric a ghabh me scriob leam fhéin, Mu ’n cuairt air lùchairt Fhinn an tréin; ’S a dh’éisd mi sgeulachdan na Féinn ’G an cur an céill am Fionn-Airidh. ’S bu tric a sheall mi feasgair Mairt Far am biodh Oisein sinn a dhan; A’ comhead gréin’ aig ioma tra Dol seach gach la ’s mi ’m Fionn-Airidh. Beannachd le athair mo ghraidh, Bidh mi cuimhneah ort gu brath, Ghuidhinn gach sonas is agh Do ’n t-seaun fhear bhan am Fionn-Airidh. Mo mhathair!—’s ionmhuin t’ ainm r ’a luaidh— Am feum mi tearbadh uait cho luath? Is falbh a’m’ allabanach truagh An cian uait féin ’s o Fhionn-Airidh! Soraidh leatsa, brathair chaoin, Is fòs le peathraichibh mo ghaoil; Cuiribh bròn is deôir a thaobh ’S biodh aoibh oirbh ann am Fionn-Airidh. Beannachd le beanntaibh mo ghaoil! Far am faigh mi fiadh le lagh: Gu ma fad’ an coileach-fraoich A’ glaodhaich ann am Fionn-Airidh. The chorus consists of _Eirich agus tiugainn, O_, “Let us rise and come away,” repeated three times, with a fourth line, “Farewell, farewell to Finary.” The following rendering is an adaptation by the writer. The form “Finorie” is used to preserve a sort of sympathetic sympathy with and likeness to terms with similar endings in Lowland ballads, such as “Glenorie,” etc. This form has also more sympathy with the music:— TRANSLATION: