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Chorus (after each verse): |
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'Illean bithibh sunndach |
Boys, be happy |
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A-null air a' bhoidse |
Going over the ocean |
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Fàgail ar dùthcha |
Leaving our country |
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Gun dùil ri thigh'nn beò ann |
Without hope of doing well there |
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'Illean bithibh sunndach |
Boys, be happy |
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A-null air a' bhoidse |
Going over the ocean |
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'Illean cridheil gaolach |
Hearty, loving boys |
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Togaibh rithe h-aodach |
Hoist the sails |
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Tha buidheann mo ghaoil-sa |
A group of my dear folk |
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Di-Ardaoin 'dol a sheòladh |
Are setting sail on Thursday |
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Gur mise tha gu cianail |
I am homesick |
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A' fàgail a' Chrianain |
Leaving the Crinan |
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A' dol do'n dùthaich fhiadhaich |
Going to the wooded country |
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A dh'iarraidh ar lòin as |
To make a living |
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Gur mise tha fo ghruaimean |
I am in despair |
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A' dol a shiubhal chuantan |
Travelling over the ocean |
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Tha 'n t-soitheach dubh a' gluasad |
A black ship is moving |
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Gu muladach a sheòladh |
Sailing in sadness |
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Tha sinn a' dol dh'Amaireaga |
We are going to America |
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Far nach bi cùram eil' oirnn |
Where we will have no anxieties |
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Cho fad 's a mhaireas coille dhuinn |
As long as the woods last for us |
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An Eilean Nobha Scotia |
On the isle of Novia Scotia |
