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Chan e caoidh Mhic Shiridh |
It's not lamenting Mac Siridh |
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Dh'fhàg an dil' air mo ghruaidh |
That has left a tear on my cheek |
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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Hu o ro hu o |
Hu o ro hu o |
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Ho ro o hi o hi o |
Ho ro o hi o hi o |
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Hu o ro hu o |
Hu o ro hu o |
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Chan e caoidh mo leannain |
It's not lamenting my sweetheart |
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Ged a dh'fhanadh e bhuam |
Though he would remain from me |
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Ach a'caoidh mo bhràthair |
But it's lamenting my brother |
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Chaidh a bhàthadh 's a'chuan |
Who has drowned in the sea |
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'S duilich leam do chùl chlannaich |
I'm sad to think of your hair so curly |
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Bhith 's an fheamainn 'ga luadh |
With the seaweed drifting |
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'S duilich leam do gheal dheudan |
I'm sad to think of your teeth so white |
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Bhith' ga' reubadh 's a'chuan |
By the seas torn apart |
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Tha do leabaidh gun chàradh |
Your bed remains unmade |
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'S fhad' o'n dh'fhàg thu i fuar |
As cold you left it long ago |
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Cha tèid mise ga càradh |
I won't be the one to make it |
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Tha thu ghràidh ro fhad' bhuam |
As you, love, are too far from me |
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'S tric mo shùil air an Rubha |
Often my eyes are on the headland |
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Bhon bhruthach ud shuas |
From the hillside there above |
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Fiach am faic mi seòl brèidgheal |
Trying to see a cloth-white sail |
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Latha grèine 's a chuan |
One day upon the sea |
