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Runrig are a folk-rock group from the Scottish isle of Skye and here I translate bits of six of their songs into classical, rhyming, elided Latin with syllable stress maintained. Purple letters are not to be pronounced, following the rules of elision and prodelision. Songs: 0:00 - The Cutter - The Cutter and the Clan - 1987 0:53 - Rocket to the Moon - ditto 2:17 - Every River - Searchlight - 1989 3:28 - Smalltown - ditto 4:26 - Song of the Earth - Amazing Things - 1993 5:38 - Loch Lomond [Live] - Beat the Drum - 1998 Credits: Runrig / Chrysalis Records / Warner Music Group for the original music and album art (including that on the thumbnail, which is from the "Beat the Drum" cover) Me for the background photos (find me at flickr.com/dunnock_d l the swallow is from a frame in a video.) Me for translation and video. Notes: If a word ends in a vowel (or a vowel + M), and the next word begins with a vowel, the vowel (or vowel + M) at the end of the first word is not pronounced. This is called elision and happens throughout ancient Latin poetry. An exception is made with the words "es" and "est", which lose their "e" if the previous word ends in a vowel (or vowel + M), so "bonum est" is pronounced "bonumst" in poetry; this is called prodelision. For convenience I have coloured all elided letters in purple in my text. Questions? Suggestions? Corrections? Tell me in the comments!