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Chorus (after each verse): |
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A fhleasgaich oig is ceanalta |
Oh young and gentle lad |
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'S tu leannan nan deas ghruagach |
To all the girls their sweetheart be |
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Do ghaol a rinn mo sharachadh |
Your love has so oppressed me |
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'S tha bhlath sin air mo shnuadh-sa |
I'm pale and worn, it's plain to see |
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Shiubhlainn fada, fada leat |
Far, far away I'd go with you |
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Shiubhlainn deas is tuath leat |
I'd journey north and south with you |
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Is shnamhainn an cuan Ronach leat |
I'd swim the Rona sea with you |
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'S ri m' bheo cha toirinn fuath dhut |
Through life I'd not disfavor you |
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Gur binn thu na na fidhlichean |
You are sweeter than violins |
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Gur siobhalt' leam do ghluasad |
To me you move so gracefully |
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Co chunnaic riamh air urlar thu |
Whoever saw you on the dance floor |
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Nach duraigeadh bhith suas riut |
Would wish to be there with you |
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Cha phoiteir 's chan fhear daoraich thu |
You are neither drinker nor a drunkard |
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Bhios daonnan am measg buairidh |
Who could be drawn into a quarrel |
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Sar chompanach mu'n bhotul thu |
But a great companion with a bottle |
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'S chan fhaicear sprochd na gruaim ort |
Never seen being coarse or sour |
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Chan Ileach tha 'na leannan dhomh |
Not from Islay is my sweetheart |
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Chan Aranach 's cha Tuathach |
Not from Aran or North Uist |
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Ach 's ann an Ros a dh'araicheadh |
But it was in Ross that he was reared |
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Fear ard an leadain dualaich |
My tall handsome man with curling hair |
