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The Blood Is Strong Fear A Bhata
   
Credits: Traditional; arranged by Capercaillie
   
Appears On: Get Out; The Blood Is Strong
   
Language: Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic)
   
Other Versions: "Fear A Bhata" by Niamh Parsons on the Gaelic Voices compilation
"Fear A Bhata" on Mairi MacInnes' album This Feeling Inside
"Fhir A' Bhàta" on Eilidh Mackenzie's album Eideadh Na Sgeulachd
"Fear A Bhàta" on Fiona Mackenzie & Arthur Cormack's album Seinn! O Ho Ro Seinn!
"Fear A' Bhàta" on Talitha MacKenzie's album Spiorad
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
Fhir a'bhàta, na ho ro eile Oh my boatman, na ho ro eile
Fhir a'bhàta, na ho ro eile Oh my boatman, na ho ro eile
Fhir a'bhàta, na ho ro eile Oh my boatman, na ho ro eile
Mo shoraigh slàn leat 's gach àit'an téid thu May joy await thee where e'er thou sailest
   
Is tric mi 'sealltainn o'n chnoc a's àirde I climb the mountain and scan the ocean
Dh'fheuch am faic mi fear a'bhàta For thee, my boatman, with fond devotion
An tig thu an-diùigh no'n tig thu a-màireach? When shall I see thee? Today? Tomorrow?
'S mur tig thu idir gur truagh a tà mi Oh do not leave me in lonely sorrow
   
Fhir a'bhàta, na ho ro eile Oh my boatman, na ho ro eile
Fhir a'bhàta, na ho ro eile Oh my boatman, na ho ro eile
Fhir a'bhàta, na ho ro eile Oh my boatman, na ho ro eile
Mo shoraigh slàn leat 's gach àit'an téid thu May joy await thee where e'er thou sailest