B‘ Fheàrr Mar A Bha Mi ’n Uiridh reel

An excellent West Highland tune learned from the great fiddler Alasdair White. It translates roughly as “I was at my best last year”

Same as above in the tin whistle friendly key of G major;
(the rolls are easier done on B than on c).

In its A setting, it is easily adaptable for the Scottish pipes (back) from the fiddle transcription.
This tune is in the major pentatonic mode (no 4th, no 7th).

A set of LYRICS for this port-a-beul;

B‘fhearr Mar a bha mi ’n Uiridh

1.
|: B‘fhearr mar a bha mi ’n uiridh
b‘fheàrr mar a bha mi ’n uiridh
na mar tha mi ’m bliadhna
b‘fheàrr mar a bha mi ’n uiridh
fir a‘tighinn ’gam iarraidh :|

Sèist (§):
|: Ho ro mo dhuilichinn o
mo dhuilichinn na rinn mi
ho ro mo dhuilichinn o
nach robh mi na mo mhaighdinn :|

2.
|:Tàillear a bha mi sireadh
figheadair a fhuair mi
tàillear a bha mi sireadh
figheadair a fhuair mi :|

Translation :
“Wasn’t I Very Happy Last Year”
1.
|:Wasn’t I the happy lass last year
compared to now
wasn’t I the happy lass last year
because the lads were coming to court me :|

§ (chorus);
|:Oh ho wasn’t I the idiot
in what I did
oh ho wasn’t I the idiot
who wouldn’t stay a maid :|

2.
|:I had hoped for a tailor
but it was a weaver I ended up with
I had hoped for a tailor
but it was a weaver I ended up with :|

As heard on Osgarra track 5 by Beinn Lee: https://youtu.be/M1Si71ouMYs?t=202

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