Manran – Oran Na Cloiche (Аудию и текст)

Песня посвящена Скунскому камню на котором короновались шотландские короли веками, а после была перевезена в Англию в 1296, и в дальнейшем на нем веками короновали Английских, шотландских, Британски монархов (одно и то же). В1996 году была возвращена в Шотландию!
verse 1

The Stone that my grandmother
And grandfather used to talk about
Has returned as it left
My brave Stone
And I don’t care whether it’s in Kerrera
Callendar or Calvay
As long as it’s in
Steep, rugged Scotland

verse 2

To be put in a place of refuge
Which will conceal it safely
So that they can’t, they won’t manage to
Remove a single fragment of it
The Stone that was lost to us
Prised from their grasp
And certainly, if it has returned
That’s a very good thing

verse 3

Let us swear by our hand
Each and every one of us
That we will allow nothing to endanger
The man who unloosed it
And dared to rescue it
From an unpleasant place
If they lay hands on him
We’ll need to be strong
And strike a blow for him
Using steel

verse 4

The Minister was so sorrowful
When he woke that morning
His eyes bleary
As he turned out
Walking the floor
Sighing and praying
And looking at the nook
Where he’d found the Stone missing

verse 5

There was much pacing
And running ‘round the floor
And all he could say was
«Where did the Stone go?»
And, «By the Holy Mother
What will I do tomorrow
I know the Queen
Will be beside herself»

verse 6

Said he, looking deathly pale
«I’d never have believed
It could have been raised from the floor
By someone no bigger than a wasp
Something is to happen to me
And Heaven help me
The man who unloosed it
Must be as strong as a horse»