Here's a little song I wrote in Scottish Gaelic in April 2023. I was inspired by some of the silly phrases that come up in the Gaelic course on Duolingo, which often feature Iain and Màiri.

Here are the words and a translation:

Seist
Thoir an aire, thoir an aire
Thoir an aire, tha Iain a' tighinn
Thoir an aire, thoir an aire
Tha Iain rùisgte is tha e a' tighinn

Ghoid Màiri a drathais
Ghoid Màiri a briogais
Ghoid Màiri a geansaidh gorm is geal
Ghoid Màiri a lèine
Ghoid Màiri a brògan
Ghoid Màiri aodach Iain gu lèir

Ruith air falbh, ruith air falbh
Ruith air falbh tha Iain a' tighinn
Ruith air falbh, ruith air falbh
Tha guga aige is tha e a' tighinn

Càit bheil Calum?
Càit a bheil Coinneach?
Càit a bheil Ceiteag?
Am faca tu iad?
Càit a bheil Mairead?
Càit a bheil Mòrag?
Ruith iad air falbh
oir tha Iain a' tighinn

Chorus
Watch out, watch out
Watch out, Iain is coming
Watch out, watch out
Iain is naked and he's coming.

Màiri stole his pants
Màiri stole his trousers
Màiri stole his blue and white jumper
Màiri stole his shirt
Màiri stole his shoes
Màiri stole all Iain's clothes

Run away, run away
Run away, Iain is coming
Run away, run away
He has salted gannet and he's coming

Where is Calum?
Where is Kenneth?
Where is Katie?
Have you seen them?
Where is Margaret?
Where is Morag?
They run away
because Iain is coming

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