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Chorus (after each verse): |
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'Se mo laoch mo Ghille mear |
My hero is the joyous lad |
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'Se mo Sheusar Gille mear |
My Caesar is the joyous lad |
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Fois na sìth chan fhaigh mi fhèin |
I will get neither rest nor peace |
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On dh'imich e bhuam mo Ghille mear |
Since my joyous lad left me |
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Bha mi uair nam mhaighdinn shèimh |
I was once a quiet maid |
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'S tha mi nis' nam bhantraich chlaoidht' |
Now I am a fatigued, old widow |
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Mo chèile treabhadh nan tonn gu treum |
My spouse mightily plowing the waves |
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Air bhàrr nan stuadh is fad' o thìr |
On the crests of the waves and far from land |
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Tha mi 'n seo gach latha fo sgleò |
I am here each day depressed |
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Goirt a' caoidh 's a' sileadh dheur |
Lamenting and shedding tears |
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Am buachaill' òg air imich uam |
The young man has left me |
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Gun sgeul air fhèin 's e fàth mo bhròin |
With no news of him, I am sad |
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Ach cluinneam ceòl na clàrsach 's dàn |
But let me hear harp music and songs |
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'S faiceam iomadh cuach bhith làn |
Let me see each cup filled |
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Làn toileachais gun luchd 's gun dheòir |
Full of mirth without hurt or tears |
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Gus slàinte òl dham leòmhann chòir |
To drink the health of my fine lion |
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(Sèist 3x) |
(Chorus 3x) |
