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English Translation: |
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O gu sunndach mi air m' astar |
I'm happy on my journey |
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Falbh gu siubhlach le bheag airtneul |
Travelling swiftly without flagging |
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Do a chomhrag ri Bonaparte |
Heading off to do battle with Bonaparte |
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'S e bha bagairt air Righ deors' |
He it was who threatened King George |
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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Illean chridheil, bitheamaid sunndach |
Brave lads, let's be merry |
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Seasaibh onoir ur duthcha |
Stand for the honor of your country |
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Fhad' s a mhaireas luaidh is fudar |
As long as lead and powder last |
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De rud chuireadh curam oirnn? |
What could worry us? |
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Chan eil faillinn ann ra chunntas |
There is no weakness to be described |
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Anns na h-armainn nach diultadh |
In the young heroes who would never retreat |
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Chan eil gealtachd nan gnuis-san |
Cowardice is not in their countenance |
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Cha toir iad grunnd do luchd a' bhosd |
They will never give ground to the boasters |
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Luchd nan osan gearr 's nam feileadh |
Men of the short hose and the kilts |
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Cota sgarlaid orr' mar eideadh |
With their uniforms of scarlet coats |
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Gum bu ghasd' iad an am eirigh |
Splendid they were in attack |
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'S iad nach geilleadh an deidh an leon |
They would never yield though wounded |
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Ann am Bruxelles a chaidh innse |
In Brussels it was told |
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Gun robh Frangaich tigh'nn nam miltean |
That the French were coming in their thousands |
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'S cha bhreug huam gur h-i an fhirinn |
I tell no lie but the truth |
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'S iomadh fear bhios sint' gun deo |
Any a man will be stretched out without breath of life |
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Nam biodh againn, mar bu dual dhuinn |
If we only had, as was hereditary to us |
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Lann Chinn-Ilich air ar gualainn |
The great broadsword with Islay-wrought hilt on our shoulders |
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Sgoilteamaid an cinn gun cluasan |
We'd split their heads to their ears |
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Gam bualadh le smuais nan dorn |
Pounding them with the smashing of our fists |
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O gu sunndach mi air m' astar |
I'm happy on my journey |
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Falbh gu siubhlach le bheag airtneul |
Travelling swiftly without flagging |
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Do a chomhrag ri Bonaparte |
Heading off to do battle with Bonaparte |
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'S e bha bagairt air Righ deors' |
He it was who threatened King George |
