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Gaelic Scotland O 'S Toil 'S Gu Rò Thoil Leam
   
Credits: Traditional; arranged by Donnie Murdo MacLeod
   
Appears On: Gaelic Scotland (compilation)
   
Language: Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic)
   
Other Versions: "O 'S Toil 'S Gur Ro-thoil Leam" on James Graham's album Siubhal
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
Gura mis' tha fo mhulad I am all miserable
Ged is duilich dhomh innse Though it is hard for me to admit
   
Sèist: Chorus (after each verse):
O 's toil 's gur rò-thoil leam Oh I like, I do like
O 's toil leam thu, nìonag Oh I like you, lassie
O 's toil 's gur rò-thoil leam Oh I like, I do like you
   
Mi an taigh-eiridinn Shasuinn Here in hospital in England
'S gur trom airsneulach m'inntinn My head is heavy and weary
   
Mi gun fhois nach e 'm bàs e Not knowing whether I may die
'S cha toir bàta 'Phortrìgh mi And the boat will never take me to Portree
   
Thoir mo shoiridh 'Dhùn Bheagain Bear my greetings to Dunvegan
Nam feadan 's nam pìoban The place of chanters and pipes
   
'N t-soiridh eile seo fairis Another greeting across the water
Bhuam go ceannaichean Lìte From me to the merchants of Leith
   
Go gillean na Hearadh One to the Harris boys
Is go Alasdair Pìobar And to Alasdair the piper
   
Go pèidse na baintighearn' To my lady's page
Ged 'se 'chainnt rinn mo dhìteadh Though it was his telling that got me in trouble
   
'S toil 's gur toil leam a' ghruagach I like, I do like the maiden
Ged nach d' fhuair mi dhomh fhìn í Though I did not get her for myself
   
'S toil leam bean a' chuil bhuidhe I like the fair-haired girl
A nì 'm bruthach a dhìreadh Who can lightly climb the brae