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Hi ri am bo hill o ro ho |
Hi ri am bo hill o ro ho |
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Hi ri am bo hi ri ri u |
Hi ri am bo hi ri ri u |
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Hi ri am bo hill o ro ho |
Hi ri am bo hill o ro ho |
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Tha sgeul ur air tighinn don bhaile |
A new tale has come to the township |
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Cha sgeul ur a th' ann ach naidheachd |
Not a new tale but a rumor |
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Tha sgeul ur air tighinn don bhaile |
A new tale has come to the township |
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Cha sgeul ur a th' ann ach naidheachd |
Not a new tale but a rumor |
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Cha sgeul ur a th' ann ach naidheachd |
Not a new tale but a rumor |
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Gun do reitich mo chiad leannan |
That my first love has celebrated her wedding feast |
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Gun do reitich mo chiad leannan |
That my first love has celebrated her wedding feast |
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'S og a fhuair mi fhin do ghealladh |
You plighted your troth to me when young |
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'S og a fhuair mi fhin do ghealladh |
You plighted your troth to me when young |
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Sine bhan nam blath-shuil mealladh |
Fair Jean of the warm, bewitching eyes |
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Sine bhan nam blath-shuil mealladh |
Fair Jean of the warm, bewitching eyes |
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Sine og an or-fhuilt chlannaich |
Young Jean with the many golden ringlets |
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'S gil' do mheadhan na sgiath na h-eala |
Your waist is whiter than the wing of the swan |
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'S guirm' do shuil na driuchd na maidne |
Greener your eye than morning dew on grass |
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'S guirm' do shuil na driuchd na maidne |
Greener your eye than morning dew on grass |
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'S deirg' do ghruaidh na caor air meangan |
More red your cheek than the rowan berry on branch |
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'S deirg' do ghruaidh na caor air meangan |
More red your cheek than the rowan berry on branch |
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Tha do dheud na dluth-gheal daingeann |
Your teeth are white, closely-set and strong |
