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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Soraidh bhuam far chuan is beannachd |
Greetings and blessings from across the ocean |
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Chun an àite as àille sealladh |
To the place of the most beautiful voices |
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Far an d'ionnsaich mi 'nam phàisde |
Where I learned as a child |
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Cainnt mo mhàthar Gàidhlig Bharraidh |
My mother's tongue, the Gaelic of Barra |
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Gura tric a bhios mi smaointinn |
Often I think about |
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Nuair a bha mi ̣g 'smi faoin |
When I was young and carefree |
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'Buain nan ṛs a-mach 'san aonach |
Picking the roses on the grassland |
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Ris na caoirich taobh nan gleannan |
With the sheep in the glen |
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Ach nam bithinn pailt de sṭras |
But if I was abundantly wealthy |
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Rud nach bi mi fad 's is bẹ mi |
Which I will not be as long as I live |
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Sud an t́r 'san dèanainn c̣mhnaidh |
That's the land where I would settle |
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Far an d'fhuair mi ̣g am bainne |
Where I got my mother's milk |
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An t́m an earraich bidh gach iasgair |
In springtime each fisherman goes |
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'Mach le bàtaichean 'san Iar ann |
Out with the boats at high tide |
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Sud an sealladh leam bu bhreagha |
That's the sight I love the best |
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'N am nan lion a bhith 'gan tarruing |
The time when the nets are hauled in |
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An t́m a'gheamhraidh leam bu shanntach |
In wintertime, I most desired |
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'Bhith a-measg nan ̣igearan bannda |
To be amongst the modest young men |
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Bhiodh ̣l ann is cẹl is dannsa |
There was drink, music and dancing |
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'S dram cha bhiodh oirnn gann mu Nollaig |
And we would never be short of drams for Christmas |
