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Chorus (after each verse): |
Seinn o ho rò |
Sing o ho rò |
Seinn o ho rò leannain |
Sing o ho rò darling |
Seinn o ho rò seinn |
Sing o ho rò sing |
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Gur e mise tha fo mhì-ghean |
I am alone |
'S mi leam fhìn an tìr m'aineoil |
In an strange land |
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Mi gun phiuthar, gun bhràthair |
Without sister or brother |
Gun __ |
Or friend |
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When we courted |
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You were always kind and gentle |
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'Se bu leaba dhuinn luachair |
Our bed was rushes |
'S e bu chluasag dhuinn canach |
Our pillow was bog cotton |
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The calling of the deer |
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Would waken us in the morning |
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Seinn, o ho rò, Ruairidh |
Sing o ho ro, Roderick |
Bidh daoin-uasal' air do bhanais |
Nobilty will attend your wedding |
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Seinn, o ho rò, Thormaid |
Sing, Norman |
Fhir nan gorm-shùilean meallach |
Oh men of the beguiling blue eyes |
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'S ged nach bi mi 'ga innse |
And although I do not reveal it |
'S ann an Ile tha mo leannan |
My love is in Islay |
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'S ged nach bi mi 'ga ràidhtinn |
And although I do not admit it |
Thug mi gràdh dhut 's mi 'm leanabh |
I loved you as a child |