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'Nad shuidhe 'nad aonar |
Sitting in your loneliest |
'Na suidhe le d' smaointean |
Sitting with your thoughts |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
'Ga cuimhneachadh |
Remembering her |
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Chorus (after each verse): |
Hi ho ru bha ho |
Hi ho ru bha ho |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
'S na hi ho ru bha ho |
'S na hi ho ru bha ho |
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'S na latha ciùin is gun bhròn |
And that calm untroubled time |
'N uair a bha Adhamh òg |
When Adam was young |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
Gun bhean is gun chlann |
Without wife or child |
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Ach a thainig i na luime |
But naked she came |
Is ghlac i fhuil |
And captured his blood |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
A chainnt is a chrann |
His reason and his plough |
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'Na shuidhe 'nad eòlas |
Sitting in your own knowledge |
'Nad shuidhe le d' sgleothan |
Sitting with your dimming vision |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
'Ga cuimhneachadh |
Remembering her |
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'S an Gadaiche Dubh |
And the Black Thief |
Leis a charaid furtachail |
With his supporting friend |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
Boban Saor |
The legendary Carpenter |
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Is fhuair e bean choir |
He was given an honest wife |
Bho ar stor |
From our store |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
Is bha i maoth |
And she was gentle |
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Nisde ni iad a' gaire |
Now they laugh |
A' creids gu robh iad nar sgail |
Believing they were in our shade |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
Bho'n a cheud latha |
From the first day |
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Ach de tha sinn a' leantainn |
But what are we following? |
Tha Boban Saor 'nad inntinn |
Boban Saor is in your mind |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
Is doch' anns a' cheud tuil |
And he was in the first blood |
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Ach tha muinntir chordaidh |
There are many virtuous folk |
Aig cul an dorais |
Behind the door |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro |
Is tha e fuar a-muigh |
And it is cold out |