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Fhuair Mi Pog O Mhairi 'S Tu Mo Mhairi
   
Credits: Traditional; arranged by Margaret Stewart & Allan MacDonald
   
Appears On: Fhuair Mi Pog
   
Language: Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic)
   
Other Versions: "O Mhairi's Tu Mo Mhairi" on Karen Matheson's album Downriver
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
Sèist: Chorus (after each verse):
I oireann ó ra u I oireann ó ra u
I oireann ì dhiù a I oireann ì dhiù a
Hì oireann ó ra u Hì oireann ó ra u
   
O Mhàri 's tu mo Mhairi Oh Mary, you are my Mary
   
Och, och mo nighean donn Oh my brown-haired girl
   
'S truagh nach robh sinn air tu nall ___
   
Truagh nach robh sinn air an àiridh Would that we were in the shieling
   
Fo shàile na beinne ___
   
Le spréidh de chrodh bainne With a herd of milk cows
   
Togail àl de laoigh ghasda Raising a herd of fine calves
   
Togail àl de laoigh bhoireann A herd of female calves
   
Deanamh ìm agus càis ann Making butter and cheese the
   
Chunna mi tighinn na féidh I saw the deer coming
   
'S iad a' tighinn as am bùirean Bellowing as they came
   
'Truagh nach robh mi air an cùlaibh I wish I were behind them
   
Le mo ghunna 's m' adhairc fhùdair With my gun and my powder horn