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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Dhòmhnaill Antaidh, Dhòmhnaill lé ho |
Donald "Antaidh", Donald lè ho |
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Hi ri iùl eile |
Hi ri iùl eile |
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Dhòmhnaill Antaidh, Dhòmhnaill lé ho |
Donald "Antaidh", Donald lè ho |
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A Dhòmhnaill a chrìdh' an tig thu 'm bliadhna |
Donald, my heart, will you return this year? |
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Chuala mi gun deach do bhàthadh |
I heard that you were drowned |
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Ann na dam a' mhuilean-shàbhaidh |
In the dam of the saw-mill |
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Chuirinn mo long mhòr 'gad iarraidh |
I would put out my long-boat to rescue you |
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Long mòr na stiomar iarainn |
The long-boat with the iron bands |
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Gheibhinn gillean 's chosgainn biadh riuth' |
I would get a crew of boys and feed them well |
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Cha b' e an t-aran dubh bu bhiadh dhaibh |
Black bread would not be their food |
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Ach peasair agus muic-fheòil bhiadhta |
But peas and pork will feed them |
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An tè aig Domhnaill gun bhi glé geal |
Donald's share would be worthy |
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Thug seachd bliadhn' an cuan Eirinn |
You spent seven years on the Irish sea |
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Cumail cogadh ri na ceudan |
Fighting with armies of hundreds |
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Cumail Gàidhlig ri luchd Beurla |
Driving Gaelic to the English-speakers |
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Cumail Laidean ri luchd Greugais |
Driving Latin to the Greek-speakers |
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Nuair a thig mo Dhòmhnaill-sa dhachaidh |
When my Donald comes home |
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'S cinnteach mo chìr chùil a falach |
Certainly my hair-combs will be covered |
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'S cinnteach sìod' 's pasgan anart |
And certainly, the shroud will be folded |
