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After numerous listens, I now think the first line of verse four is "Ach toil tàr suas starradh" So the whole verse would be: Ach toil tàr suas starradh A’s a’ ghràidh o bhith linn Toil do chàirdean gur leat Do thoil fhèin os an cionn I am more than happy to be told that is wrong or plain ...

Thanks very much for that. It's real progress. I'm glad it's not just me finding it hard to follow her . As you say, perhaps others might have a view?

Thanks very much for that! Good suggestion about the transcribing. So here what I can hear of the whole song based on other known versions. I've done what little I can with the fourth verse (starting at 3:00 minutes on the audio), but mostly left it blank, hoping for further help: Bheir mi ò hu ò hò...

Could anyone help me understand the final quatrain of a field recording of the song Gràdh Geal Mo Chridh made on Eriskay in 1950? I recognise the first three verses from other versions but the last one sounds completely different to anything noted or recorded elsewhere. I think I can make out some w...