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Is truagh a rìgh gun trì làmhan |
My, it's a pity I don't have three hands |
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Dà làimh sa phìob, dà làimh sa phìob |
Two hands for the pipe, two hands for the pipe |
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Is truagh a rìgh gun trì làmhan |
My, it's a pity I don't have three hands |
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Dà làimh sa phìob 's làmh sa' chlaidheamh |
Two hands for the pipe and one for the sword |
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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Eadarainn a' chruit, a' chruit, a' chruit |
Between us the harp, the harp, the harp |
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Eadarainn a' chruit, mo chuideachd air m'fhàgail |
Between us the harp, since my kin has left me |
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Eadarainn a luaidh, a luaidh, a luaidh |
Between us, my love, my love, my love |
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Eadarainn a luaidh, 's i ghall' uain a shàraich mi |
Between us, my love, the green she-dog devastated me |
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Mo thaobh fodham m'fheòil air breòthadh |
Lying on my side, my flesh rotting |
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Daol am shùil, daol am shùil |
Beetle in my eye, beetle in my eye |
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Dà bhior iarainn gan sìor fhiaradh |
Two iron pins continually thrusting |
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Ann am ghlùin, ann am ghlùin |
Into my knee, into my knee |
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Bidh na minn mheigeach nan gobhar chreagach |
Bleating kids will be rock-climbing goats |
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Man tig mise, man till mis' à Uamh an Oir, Uamh an Oir |
Before I come, before I return from the Cave of Gold |
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'S na lothan cliata nan eich dhialta |
And meadow-pastured colts will be saddled for riding |
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Man tig mise, man till mis' à Uamh an Oir, Uamh an Oir |
Before I come, before I return from the Cave of Gold |
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Bidh na laoigh bheaga nan crodh eadraidh |
Young calves will be milking-cows |
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Man tig mise, man till mis' à Uamh an Oir, Uamh an Oir |
Before I come, before I return from the Cave of Gold |
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'S na mic uchda nam fir fheachda |
And boys on the lap will be men-at-arms |
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Man tig mise, man till mis' à Uamh an Oir, Uamh an Oir |
Before I come, before I return from the Cave of Gold |
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'S iomadh maighdeann òg fo ceud bhàrr |
Many's the young virgin in her first bloom |
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Thèid a-null, thèid a-null |
Will have gone beyond, gone beyond |
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Man tig mise, man till mis' à Uamh an Oir, Uamh an Oir |
Before I come, before I return from the Cave of Gold |
