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Artwork by Freya Cumming

Ceòl / Music: Fiona Mackenzie
Faclan / Words: Fiona Mackenzie & Brian Ó hEadhra

Abair gun robh beatha brùideil dha ar sinnsearan. Tha sgeulachd na h-Alba agus beatha nan riaghladairean làn de bhròn agus de bhrathadh. Tha cùisean beagan nas fheàrr an-diugh taing do shealbh! 
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Inspired by the brutal and tragic tale of Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan who crowned Robert the Bruce in 1306.  

Chuir thu crùn hìll iu hìll ò
Air rìgh nan rìgh hìll ill ill ò
A bhana-ghaisgeach òg hìll iu hìll ò
A bhan-iarla chòir hìll a hoireann hò rò

Bh' agaibh ri hìll iu hìll ò
Lagh nam beus hìll ill ill ò
A chumail slàn hìll iu hìll ò
A Chlann 'ic Dhuibh hìll a hoireann hò rò

Chaidh do chreach hìll iu hìll ò
Chaidh do mhilleadh hìll ill ill ò
On thrèig an t-iarl' hìll iu hìll ò
Gun dìon no mòd hìll a hoireann hò rò

D' ìsleachadh hìll iu hìll ò
Do thaisbeanadh hìll ill ill ò
Mo mhallachd orra hìll iu hìll ò
A rinn do nàir' hìll a hoireann hò rò

Fad ochd bliadhn' hìll iu hìll ò
Am braighdeanas hìll ill ill ò
O càit an deach hìll iu hìll ò
Bean nam feart hìll a hoireann hò rò

Cuimhnichibh hìll iu hìll ò
An sgeul làn bròin hìll ill ill ò
Agus thig an latha hìll iu hìll ò
Far an èirich an leòmhann hìll a hoireann hò rò

You crowned
The king of kings
Strong heroine
Worthy countess

You had to
Keep
Your ethics intact
Clann MacDuff

You were ruined
You were destroyed
From the deception of the Earl
Without protection or court

Your humiliation
Your exhibition
My curses upon them
Who shamed you

For eight years
In captivity
O where did the
Powerful woman go

Remember
The sorrowful tale
And the day will come
When the lion will rise again

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