Twenty Years letra

Ruith's a mhonadh
Ruith nam beann
'S mar sin dhan sgoil aig deireadh samhraidh
'Nar clann
Aig coig bliadhna dh'aois
'S gun facal beurla 'nar ceann

Seo do leabhar
Sea do pheann
"Dean do leasan," thuirt iad riumsa
" 'S gunn eirich sibh suas anns an t-saoghal
'S gheibh sibh an adhart ann

Fichead bliadhna'airson firinn
B'fheudar dhomh feitheamh
'S b'fheudar dhomh lorg
Fichead bliadhn' de bhreugan
Thug iad eachdraidh air falbh bhuainn

Dh'ionnsaich sinn a leithid ann
Canan's bardachd, bardachd Bheurla
Ceol na Gearmailt
Eachdraidh na Spainnt
'S b'e sin an eachdraidh mheallt

Bhon sgoil do'n oilthigh chaidh sinn ann
A' leantail foghlum, tuilleadh foghlum
Mar amadan air deiradh streang
Seorsa de dh'fhoghlum 'nam cheann

Fichead bliadhna'airson firinn
B'fheudar dhomh feitheamh
'S b'fheudar dhomh lorg
Fichead bliadhn' de bhreugan
Thug iad eachdraidh air falbh bhuainn

Ach dh'eirich mi suas anns an t-saoghal
Fhuair mi deise, 's fhuair mi leine
Fhuair mi aite ann an suilean dhaoin
Fada bhon mhonadh mi'n drasd

Carson a chum iad eadchraidh bhuainn
Innsidh mi dhut, tha iad gealltach
Mas eirich clann nan Gaidheal suas
Le ceistean sireach is cruaidh

Fichead bliadhna'airson firinn
B'fheudar dhomh feitheamh
'S b'fheudar dhomh lorg
Fichead bliadhn' de bhreugan
Thug iad eachdraidh air falbh bhuainn

Nuair a thoisich mi air lorg
Cha do chreid mi mo shuilean
Obair olc

--oOo--

Freedom of the moor
Freedom of the hill
And then to school at the end of summer
Children,
Five years of age,
Without many words of English

"Here is your book
Here is your pen"
Study hard that's what they told me
"And you will rise up in the world
You will achieve"

Twenty years for the truth
I had to wait
I had to search
Twenty years of deceit
They denied me knowledge of myself

I learned many things
The English language, the poetry of England
The music of Germany
The history of Spain
And even that was a misleading history

Then on to further education
Following education, more education
Like puppets on the end of a string
Our heads filled with a sort of learning

Twenty years for the truth
I had to wait
I had to search
Twenty years of deceit
They denied me knowledge of myself

And I did rise in the world
I found my suit, I found my shirt
I found a place in the eyes of men
Well away from the freedom of the moor

But why did they keep our history from us?
I'll tell you they are frightened
In case the children of Gaeldom awaken
With searching and penetrating questions

Twenty years for the truth
I had to wait
I had to search
Twenty years of deceit
They denied me knowledge of myself

Runrig - Letras

• 18th July
• A Dh'innse Na Firinn
• A Kiss one Spring Evening
• A Reiteach
• Alba
• All the Miles
• All Things Must Change
• Always the Winner
• An Cuibhle Mor
• An Dealachadh
• An Ros
• An Sabhal Aig Neill
• An Toll Dubh
• An Ubhal As Airde
• An-Duigh Ghabh Mi Cuairt
• And The Accordions Played
• Angels from the Ashes
• Atoms
• Beloved Gregor
• Beyond the Valley
• Big Sky
• Big Songs Of Hope And Cheer
• Book of Golden stories
• Brown Haired Girl
• Canada
• Cho Buidhe Is A Bha I Riabh
• City of The lights
• Clash Of The Ash
• Da Mhile Bliadhna
• Day of Days
• Dream Fields
• Duisg Mo Run
• Edge of The World
• Eirinn
• Elegy
• Empty Glens
• Every Beating Heart
• Every river
• Faileas Air An Airigh
• Flower of the west
• From The North
• Gabriel's Sword
• Heading to Acadia
• Headlights
• Healer in your Heart
• Hearthammer
• Hearts of Olden Glory
• I'll keep coming home
• In Scandinavia
• In Search of Angels
• Life Is
• May Morning
• News From Heaven
• Onar
• One Thing
• Only The brave
• Òran
• Oran Ailein (Leaving Strathconon)
• Our Earth was once green
• Precious Years
• Pride Of the Summer
• Protect and survive
• Proterra
• Rìbhinn Donn
• Rise And Fall
• Road Trip
• Rocket to the moon
• Running to the Light
• Sguaban Arbhair
• Siol Ghoraidh
• Smalltown
• Something's Got To Give
• Somewhere
• SONA
• Sunndach
• Tear down the walls
• Thairis Air A Ghleann
• That Final Mile
• That Other Landscape
• The Apple Came Down
• The Big Wheel
• The Crowded River
• The Cutter
• The Dancing Floor
• The Dungeon
• The Engine Room
• The Everlasting Gun
• The Ferry
• The Fisherman
• The Geneology Of Goraidh
• The Greatest Flame
• The High Surge
• The Highest Apple
• The Hill at the Market Stance
• The Lambs in Springtime
• The Message
• The Mighty Atlantic / Mara
• The Noise Of Battle
• THE OCEAN ROAD
• The Ocean's Cycle
• The Old Boys
• The Only Rose
• The Place Where The Rivers Run
• The Reiteach
• The Rose
• The Sheaves Of Corn
• The Ship
• The Stamping Ground
• The Story
• The Summer Walkers
• The Times They Are a Changin'
• The Water Is Wide
• The Wedding
• The Wire
• The Work Song
• The Years We Shared
• There's A Need
• Things That Are
• This Beautiful Pain
• This Darkest Winter
• This Day
• This Is Not A Love Song
• This Time of Year
• Tillidh Mi
• Tir A Mhurain
• Tir An Airm
• To Tell You The Truth
• Travellers
• Twenty Years
• Two Thousand Years
• Wake Up My Love
• Wall of China
• Wall of China (One Man)
• What Will I Do and Tunes
• When The Beauty
• White Stirks
• Wonderful
• Worker for the wind
• World Appeal
• Year Of The Flood