Falloch - Brahan lyrics

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Falloch - Brahan lyrics

[These are the words printed in the booklet for this song, but they are not the actual lyrics.] Around the room a figure moves Pausing at each bed and gazing intently Conjuring and casting, peg and mallet in hand Left on their foreheads is a mark of the hag To drink from the well three drops must spill Bound to the tree a string of lace and silk Cross yourself and appease Call forth the sea and let it fall A dh-fhagas am Blar-dubh na thasach 'Dortadh fuil le iomadh sgian; A's olaidh am fitheach a thri saitheachd De dh-fhuil nan Gaidheal, bho clach nam Fionn Foolish pride without sense will put in place The seed of the deer with the seed of the goat White rooks out of the wood The cunning dog will swallow the land Burning skin, fire and tar