out of place lenition in songs

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semaphore
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out of place lenition in songs

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Why is there seeminly random lenition in some songs? Is it serving some grammatical function or is it purely aesthetics? This might have already been asked so sorry if it has.

"Thuirt iad gu robh chànan feumail" for example
Follow the white rabbit.
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Re: out of place lenition in songs

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There's just an elided a' in there because robh /Rɔ/ ends in a vowel
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