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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Ho ro i a bhi o ho |
Ho ro i a bhi o ho |
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Chall eileadh a ro ho |
Chall eileadh a ro ho |
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Ho ro i a bhi o ho |
Ho ro i a bhi o ho |
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Chall o ho ro bhi |
Chall o ho ro bhi |
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Ach a Thomais 'ic Uilleim |
Oh Thomas, son of William |
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Bu tu 'n companach munaidh |
You were my moorland companion |
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Anns na coilltichean urrad |
In the high forests |
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Fhuair thu urram na seilg' |
You won renown in hunting |
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Gur a buidheach mi m' chéile |
I thank my servant |
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Thug an gunn' á Dùn-eideann |
Who brought the gun from Edinburgh |
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Dhomh-sa b' aithne do bheusan |
I knew of your excellent quality |
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'S cha bu léir dhomh do ghiamh |
And I saw no defect |
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'S toigh leam àiridh nam badan |
I like the wooded shieling |
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Far am b' éibhinn leam cadal |
Where I was happy to sleep |
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'S am biodh fasgadh ri gaillionn |
Where there would be shelter from storms |
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Aig aighean 's aig laoigh |
For heifers and calves |
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Agus frith nan dàmh donna |
And the forest of the red stags |
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'S nan ceannardan troma |
Of the heavy-antlered heads |
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Leam bu mhiann dol 'n an coinneamh |
How I loved to meet with them |
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'N uair a chromadh a' ghrian |
At sunset |
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Le 'm chuilbheir caol cùbhraidh |
With my slender, sweet-powdered gun |
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Ann am achlais 'ga giùlan |
Carried under my arm |
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Laoidh ghlas air a h-ùrlar |
Gray lead on the forest floor |
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Bheir tuill ùr air am bian |
Would produce new holes in their hides |
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Spor thana gheur dhù-ghorm |
On bending my finger |
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'N déidh a glasadh 's a dlùthadh |
The thin, sharp, blue-black gunflint |
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'Chuireadh sradag ri fùdar |
Having locked and fired |
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Nuair a lùbainn mo mhiar |
Would enflame the powder |
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Mharbhainn dràchd agus lacha |
I would kill drake and wild duck |
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Agus tàrmachan creachainn |
And the tarmigan of the mountain |
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'S earbag riabhach nam badan |
And the little roe of the woodland |
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'Theid roimh 'n mhaduinn 'na fiamh |
Will retrace her steps before morning |
