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Ruidhleadh mo nighean donn |
My brown-haired girl would dance a reel |
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Bha thu raoir an cùl a' bhearraidh |
You were behind the ridge last night |
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Ruidhleadh mo nighean donn |
My brown-haired girl would dance a reel |
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Bha thu 'n cùl a' ghàrraidh |
You were behind the garden |
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Ruidhleadh mo nighean donn |
My brown-haired girl would dance a reel |
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Bha thu raoir an cùl a' bhearraidh |
You were behind the ridge last night |
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Fairgean mo nighean donn |
Bravo, my brown-haired girl |
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Bha thu 'n cùl a' ghàrraidh |
You were behind the garden |
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Fairgean mo nighean donn |
Bravo, my brown-haired girl |
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Bha thu raoir an cùl a' bhearraidh |
You were behind the ridge last night |
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Fairgean mo nighean donn |
Bravo, my brown-haired girl |
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Bha thu 'n cùl a' ghàrraidh |
You were behind the garden |
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Fairgean mo nighean donn |
Bravo, my brown-haired girl |
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Bha thu raoir an cùl a' bhearraidh |
You were behind the ridge last night |
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Ruidhleadh mo nighean donn |
My brown-haired girl would dance a reel |
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Bha thu 'n cùl a' ghàrraidh |
You were behind the garden |
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Nighean dubh si nighean donn |
Black-haired girl, brown-haired girl |
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Bha thu raoir an cùl a' bhearraidh |
You were behind the ridge last night |
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Nighean dubh si nighean donn |
Black-haired girl, brown-haired girl |
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Bha thu 'n cùl a' ghàrraidh |
You were behind the garden |
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Nighean dubh si nighean donn |
Black-haired girl, brown-haired girl |
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Bha thu raoir an cùl a' bhearraidh |
You were behind the ridge last night |
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Fairgean mo nighean donn |
Bravo, my brown-haired girl |
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Bha thu 'n cùl a' ghàrraidh |
You were behind the garden |
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Fairgean mo nighean donn |
Bravo, my brown-haired girl |
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Bha thu raoir an cùl a' bhearraidh |
You were behind the ridge last night |
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Fairgean mo nighean donn |
Bravo, my brown-haired girl |
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Bha thu 'n cùl a' ghàrraidh |
You were behind the garden |
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Fairgean mo nighean donn |
Bravo, my brown-haired girl |
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Bha thu raoir an cùl a' bhearraidh |
You were behind the ridge last night |
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Ruidhleadh mo nighean donn |
My brown-haired girl would dance a reel |
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Bha thu 'n cùl a' ghàrraidh |
You were behind the garden |
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Thoir a-null Ailean thugam |
Bring Allan over to me |
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Ailean thugam, Ailean thugam |
To me, to me |
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Thoir a-null Ailean thugam |
Bring Allan over to me |
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'S sheatadh e 'n t-ùrlar |
He would set the floor |
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Thoir a-null Ailean thugam |
Bring Allan over to me |
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Ailean thugam, Ailean thugam |
To me, to me |
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Thoir a-null Ailean thugam |
Bring Allan over to me |
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'S sheatadh e 'n t-ùrlar |
He would set the floor |
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Ceann ruadh air a nighean |
The girl has red hair |
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Buidhe ruadh air a nighean |
The girl has yellow-red hair |
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Ceann ruadh air a nighean |
The girl has red hair |
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Mar a bh 'air a màthair |
Just like her mother |
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Ceann ruadh air a nighean |
The girl has red hair |
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Buidhe ruadh air a nighean |
The girl has yellow-red hair |
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Ceann ruadh air a nighean |
The girl has red hair |
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Mar a bh 'air a màthair |
Just like her mother |
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Thoir a-null Ailean thugam |
Bring Allan over to me |
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Ailean thugam, Ailean thugam |
To me, to me |
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Thoir a-null Ailean thugam |
Bring Allan over to me |
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'S sheatadh e 'n t-ùrlar |
He would set the floor |
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Thoir a-null Ailean thugam |
Bring Allan over to me |
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Ailean thugam, Ailean thugam |
To me, to me |
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Thoir a-null Ailean thugam |
Bring Allan over to me |
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'S sheatadh e 'n t-ùrlar |
He would set the floor |
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Dòmhnall àlainn a tighinn |
Handsome Donald on his way |
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Mac a' Bhàillidh a Uidhist |
Son of the Bailiff from Uist |
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Dòmhnall àlainn a tighinn |
Handsome Donald on his way |
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Tighinn air a' luirge |
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Dòmhnall àlainn a tighinn |
Handsome Donald on his way |
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Mac a' Bhàillidh a Uidhist |
Son of the Bailiff from Uist |
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Dòmhnall àlainn a tighinn |
Handsome Donald on his way |
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Tighinn air a' luirge |
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Thoir a-null Ailean thugam |
Bring Allan over to me |
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Ailean thugam, Ailean thugam |
To me, to me |
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Thoir a-null Ailean thugam |
Bring Allan over to me |
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'S sheatadh e 'n t-ùrlar |
He would set the floor |
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Thoir a-null Ailean thugam |
Bring Allan over to me |
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Ailean thugam, Ailean thugam |
To me, to me |
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Thoir a-null Ailean thugam |
Bring Allan over to me |
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'S sheatadh e 'n t-ùrlar |
He would set the floor |
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'S a gheala nam bothan nam bothan |
Oh the white one of the bothies |
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Pe horo bha hin an doicheam |
Pe horo bha hin an doicheam |
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'S hala ham do han an doicheam |
'S hala ham do han an doicheam |
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Bothan a bh' aig Fionnghala |
The bothy that was Fionnghala's |
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'S a gheala nam bothan nam bothan |
Oh the white one of the bothies |
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Pe horo bha hin an doicheam |
Pe horo bha hin an doicheam |
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'S hala ham do han an doicheam |
'S hala ham do han an doicheam |
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Bothan a bh' aig Fionnghala |
The bothy that was Fionnghala's |
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Bheirinn fead air fulmairean |
I'd knock spots off the fulmars |
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Bheirinn fead air falmairean |
I'd knock spots off the hakes |
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Liuthanan beaga na mara |
The little lythe of the sea |
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Bheireamaid greis air an tarrainn |
We'd spend a while hauling them |
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Na maireadh na duirgh dhuinn |
If our hand-lines lasted |
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'S a gheala nam bothan nam bothan |
Oh the white one of the bothies |
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Pe horo bha hin an doicheam |
Pe horo bha hin an doicheam |
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'S hala ham do han an doicheam |
'S hala ham do han an doicheam |
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Bothan a bh' aig Fionnghala |
The bothy that was Fionnghala's |
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'S a gheala nam bothan nam bothan |
Oh the white one of the bothies |
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Pe horo bha hin an doicheam |
Pe horo bha hin an doicheam |
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'S hala ham do han an doicheam |
'S hala ham do han an doicheam |
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Bothan a bh' aig Fionnghala |
The bothy that was Fionnghala's |
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Thuirt an gobha fuirichidh mi |
The blacksmith said, "I'll wait" |
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'S thuirt an gobha falbhaidh mi |
The blacksmith said, "I'll go" |
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Thuirt an gobha ris an othail |
The blacksmith said, in his confusion |
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A bh' aig an doras an t-sabhail |
In the door of the barn |
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Gu rachadh e a shuirghe |
That he would go courting |
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'S a gheala nam bothan nam bothan |
Oh the white one of the bothies |
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Pe horo bha hin an doicheam |
Pe horo bha hin an doicheam |
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'S hala ham do han an doicheam |
'S hala ham do han an doicheam |
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Bothan a bh' aig Fionnghala |
The bothy that was Fionnghala's |
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'S a gheala nam bothan nam bothan |
Oh the white one of the bothies |
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Pe horo bha hin an doicheam |
Pe horo bha hin an doicheam |
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'S hala ham do han an doicheam |
'S hala ham do han an doicheam |
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Bothan a bh' aig Fionnghala |
The bothy that was Fionnghala's |
