Gaelic

Bha eilthireachd na cuspair ann an òrain agus bàrdachd gu tric, is daoine a chaidh a-null thairis a' sgrìobhadh mun bheatha ùir dhoirbh aca anns an dùthaich ùir agus mun chianalas a bh' orra airson na seann dùthcha.

Ged a chaidh iomadh rud a ghealltainn don fheadhainn a dh'fhalbh air bàtaichean leithid an Hector—taigh ùr, bliadhna de bhiadh is de sholar agus a' chuairt air a' bhàta an-asgaidh—cha d' fhuair iad ach am bàta.

Mar sin, don fheadhainn a ràinig an toiseach,  b' i beatha chruaidh a bha a' feitheamh riutha thall.

'S e 'Òran do dh'Aimeireaga' no 'A' Choille Ghruamach', mar a th' aig cuid air, a rinn Iain MacIllEathain, Bàrd Tighearna Chola, an t-òran as ainmeile mu eilthireachd.

Ach cha deach MacIllEathain fhuadach idir, thagh e a dhol ann le theaghlach.

English

Emigration was often a theme in songs and poetry, with people who went abroad writing about their difficult new life in the new country and about the homesickness they had for the old country.

Although many things were promised to those who left on boats such as the Hector—a new house, a year of food and supplies and the trip on the boat for free—they only got the boat.

So, for those who arrived first, it was a hard life that awaited them over there.

The most famous song about emigration is 'Òran do dh'Ameireaga' or 'A’ Choille Ghruamach', as some call it, composed by John MacLean, Bàrd Tighearna Chola.

But MacLean was not evicted at all, he chose to go there with his family.