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Chaidh na fir a Sgathabhaig |
The men have gone to Scavaig |
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Fàill ill ill, o ho ro-o |
Faill ill ill, o ho ro-o |
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Tha 'n là 'n-diugh fuar ac' |
For them this day is cold |
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O hi, ho-rionn o ho |
O hi, ho-rionn o ho |
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Hi ri ri ho ro-o gù |
Hi ri ri ho ro-o gu |
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Fàill ill o ho ro-o |
Faill ill o ho ro-o |
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Chaidh fear mo thaighe-s' ann |
The goodman of my house went there |
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Fàill ill ill, o ho ro-o |
Faill ill ill, o ho ro-o |
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Mhala caol gun gruaman |
He of the slender eyebrows, showing no frown |
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O hi, ho-rionn o ho |
O hi, ho-rionn o ho |
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Hi ri ri ho ro-o gù |
Hi ri ri ho ro-o gu |
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Fàill ill o ho ro-o |
Faill ill o ho ro-o |
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Sealgair an ròin teillich thu |
Hunter of the blub-cheeked seal art thou |
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Fàill ill ill, o ho ro-o |
Faill ill ill, o ho ro-o |
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Is na h-eilide ruaidhe |
And of the red hind |
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O hi, ho-rionn o ho |
O hi, ho-rionn o ho |
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Hi ri ri ho ro-o gù |
Hi ri ri ho ro-o gu |
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Fàill ill o ho ro-o |
Faill ill o ho ro-o |
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Is na circeige duinne thu |
And of the little brown hen |
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Fàill ill ill, o ho ro-o |
Faill ill ill, o ho ro-o |
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Nì a nead sa luachair |
That makes her nest among the rushes |
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O hi, ho-rionn o ho |
O hi, ho-rionn o ho |
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Hi ri ri ho ro-o gù |
Hi ri ri ho ro-o gu |
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Fàill ill o ho ro-o |
Faill ill o ho ro-o |
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Faill ill o horo hug o |
Faill ill o horo hug o |
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Air faill ill o ho ro hug o |
Air faill ill o ho ro hug o |
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Faill ill o horo hug o |
Faill ill o horo hug o |
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Air faill ill o ho ro hug o |
Air faill ill o ho ro hug o |
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Faill ill o horo hug o |
Faill ill o horo hug o |
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Air faill ill o ho ro hug o |
Air faill ill o ho ro hug o |
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Faill ill o horo hug o |
Faill ill o horo hug o |
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Air faill ill o ho ro hug o |
Air faill ill o ho ro hug o |
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Cailin mise, buachaill thusa |
I am a girl, you are a cowherd |
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Chailin òig a hu ra bho ho |
Young girl a hu ra bho ho |
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B' fheàirrde banchaig buachaill aice |
A milkmaid is the better for a cowherd |
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Chailin òig a stiùirmiche |
Young girl who would guide me |
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Latha dhomh 's mi falbh an fhàsaich |
One day as I crossed the moorland |
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Chailin òig a hu ra bho ho |
Young girl a hu ra bho ho |
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Thachair orm-sa an donn-bhean dhàna |
I was met by a bold brown woman |
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Chailin òig a stiùirmiche |
Young girl who would guide me |
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Shuidh sinn air cnoc, rinn sinn bànran |
We sat on a hill, we made lovetalk |
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Chailin òig a hu ra bho ho |
Young girl a hu ra bho ho |
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Shuidh sinn air cnoc, rinn sinn bànran |
We sat on a hill, we made lovetalk |
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Chailin òig a stiùirmiche |
Young girl who would guide me |
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Dh' iarr a' chailin nì nach b' fheudar |
The girl asked for something not possible |
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Chailin òig a hu ra bho ho |
Young girl a hu ra bho ho |
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Dh' iarr a' chailin nì nach b' fheudar |
The girl asked for something not possible |
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Chailin òig a stiùirmiche |
Young girl who would guide me |
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Muileann air gach sruth an Èirinn |
A mill on every stream in Ireland |
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Chailin òig a hu ra bho ho |
Young girl a hu ra bho ho |
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Muileann air gach sruth an Èirinn |
A mill on every stream in Ireland |
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Chailin òig a stiùirmiche |
Young girl who would guide me |
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Caisteal air gach cnocan grèineadh |
A castle on each sunny hillock |
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Chailin òig a hu ra bho ho |
Young girl a hu ra bho ho |
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Caisteal air gach cnocan grèineadh |
A castle on each sunny hillock |
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Chailin òig a stiùirmiche |
Young girl who would guide me |
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Faill ill o horo hug o |
Faill ill o horo hug o |
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Air faill ill o ho ro hug o |
Air faill ill o ho ro hug o |
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Faill ill o horo hug o |
Faill ill o horo hug o |
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Air faill ill o ho ro hug o |
Air faill ill o ho ro hug o |
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Faill ill o horo hug o |
Faill ill o horo hug o |
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Air faill ill o ho ro hug o |
Air faill ill o ho ro hug o |
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Faill ill o horo hug o |
Faill ill o horo hug o |
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Air faill ill o ho ro hug o |
Air faill ill o ho ro hug o |
