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Cò a sheinneas an fhideag airgid? |
Who will sound the silver whistle? |
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Chorus (after each verse): |
Ho ro hu o hu ill eò |
Ho ro hu o hu ill eò |
Hi ri ill iù eò, hi ri ill iù eò |
Hi ri ill iù eò, hi ri ill iù eò |
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Mac mo righ-sa tighinn a dh'Alba |
When the son of my king comes to Scotland |
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Air luing mhòir nar tri chrann airgid |
In the great ship of three silver masts |
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'S a chur fàilt air Mac 'ic Ailein |
And welcomes Clanranald |
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'S air Mac Dhomhnaill Mhòir o'n Cheapaich |
And Big MacDonald of Keppoch |
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'S chuireadh iad Righ Seòras dhachaidh |
They will send King George back home |
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Do Hanòbhar a null fairis |
To Hanover over there |
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'S co a sheinneas an fhideag airgid? |
And who will sound the silver whistle? |
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Cò theireadh nach seinninn fhin i? |
Who would say that we wouldn't play it ourselves? |