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English Translation: |
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Nach truagh mi, righ |
It's a pity to God that |
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Gun tri lamhan |
I haven't got three hands |
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Da laimh 's a' phiob |
Two hands for the pipes |
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Da laimh 's a' phiob |
Two hands for the pipes |
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Nach truagh mi, righ |
It's a pity to God that |
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Gun tri lamhan |
I haven't got three hands |
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Da laimh 's a' phiob |
Two hands for the pipes |
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S' lamh 's a' chlaidheamh |
And one for the sword |
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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Eadarainn a' chruit |
Between us, the cruit |
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A' chruit, a' chruit |
The cruit, the cruit |
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Eadarainn a' chruit |
Between us, the cruit |
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Mo chuideachd ar m'fhagail |
My supporters have deserted me |
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Eadarainn a luaidh |
Between us, my love |
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A luaidh, a luaidh |
My love, my love |
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Eadarainn a luaidh |
Between us, my love |
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'S i ghall' uaine a sharaich mi |
It's the green bitch who is oppressing me |
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Mo thaobh fodham |
On my underside |
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M'fheoil air breothadh |
My flesh is putrefying |
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Daol am shuil |
A beetle is in my eye |
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Daol am shuil |
A beetle is in my eye |
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Da bhior iaruinn |
Two marlin-spikes |
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'Gan sior shiaradh |
Are continually doing damage |
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Ann am ghluin |
In my knee |
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Ann am ghluin |
In my knee |
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Bidh na min bheaga |
The wee kids will be |
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'Nan gobhair chreagach |
Goats of the rocks |
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Man tig mise, man till mis' a |
Before I come, before I return from |
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Uamh an Oir, Uamh an Oir |
The Cave of Gold, the Cave of Gold |
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'S na lothan cliathta |
And the suckling foals |
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'Nan eich dhiallta |
Will be saddled horses |
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Man tig mise, man till mis' a |
Before I come, before I return from |
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Uamh an Oir, Uamh an Oir |
The Cave of Gold, the Cave of Gold |
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Bidh na laoigh bheaga |
The wee calves |
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'Nan crodh eadraidh |
Will be milking cows |
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Man tig mise, man till mis' a |
Before I come, before I return from |
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Uamh an Oir, Uamh an Oir |
The Cave of Gold, the Cave of Gold |
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'S na mic uchda |
And the suckling sons |
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'Nam fir fheachda |
Will be comely men |
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Man tig mise, man till mis' a |
Before I come, before I return from |
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Uamh an Oir, Uamh an Oir |
The Cave of Gold, the Cave of Gold |
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'S iomadh maighdeann |
Many a young maiden |
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Og fo ciadbharr |
In the first bloom of youth |
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Theid a null |
Will pass away |
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Theid a null |
Will pass away |
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Man tig mise, man till mis' a |
Before I come, before I return from |
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Uamh an Oir, Uamh an Oir |
The Cave of Gold, the Cave of Gold |
