Again, whenever the kerne plays his harp the Highlander says:—

“He could play tunes and _oirts_ and _orgain_,

Trampling things, tightening strings,

Warriors, heroes, and ghosts on their feet,

Ghosts and souls and sickness and fever,

That would set in sound lasting sleep

The whole great world,

With the sweetness of the calming[8] tunes

That the champion would play.”

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