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O Chraobh nan Ubhal – The Apple Tree
This Scottish Gaelic prayer to and about the apple tree is found inserted in an early 15th century poem “The Yew Tree,” though it is probably much older. The tune is traditional from the isle of Barra, heard through the singing of Flora MacNeill and Calum Johnson. The apple tree is the supreme symbol of wisdom in old Celtic lore: apple trees bearing both flowers and fruit appear in the Celtic Otherworld, and an apple branch is handed to Gaelic heroes by female members of the Sìth – fairy women – as an invitation to a spiritual journey or quest.

Lyrics

Craobh nan Ubhal
Sèist:
O chraobh nan ubhal, o
Craobh nan ubhal, geug nan abhull
O chraobh nan ubhal, o
-Aithnich fhèin a'chraobh tha leamsa…
-Chraobh as mùtha 's as mìlse ùbhlan…
-Chraobh nan ubhal, gu robh Dia leat…
-Gu robh 'n àird an ear 's an iar leat…
-Go robh gach gealach agus grian leat…

Oh Apple Tree
Chorus (after each verse):
Oh apple tree
Apple tree, branch of the apple tree
Oh apple tree
-Know the tree that is mine…
-The tallest with the sweetest apples…
-Apple tree, may God be with you…
-May the east and the west be with you…
-May every sun and moon be with you…

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