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Ho mo nighean donn nan gobhar |
Ho my brown-haired goatherdess |
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He mo nighean donn nan gobhar |
Hey my brown-haired goatherdess |
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'S trom inntinneach mi 'nad dheidhidh |
My mind is heavy since you left |
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'S bòidheachd siubhach mo nighean donn |
Gracefully moves my brown-haired girl |
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Ho mo nighean donn nan gobhar |
Ho my brown-haired goatherdess |
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Nighean donn as àille sealladh |
Brown-haired lass of comely appearance |
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'S guirm do shùil na driuchd na maidne |
Your eyes sparkle like the morning dew |
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An gaol a thug mi dhut a's t-earrach |
The love I gave you in the spring |
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Cha teid e as m'aire chaoidh |
I will never forget |
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Ho mo nighean donn nan gobhar |
Ho my brown-haired goatherdess |
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Nighean donn bha ris na gàmhna |
Brown-haired lass of the young goats |
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Bha mi uair 's bu mhór mo gheall ort |
Great was the promise I once gave you |
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Dhut a thigeadh dhol dha'n dannsa |
How lovely you looked when you would go dancing |
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Le gun srann aice dhe'n t-sid |
With a silk gown wrapped around you |
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Ho mo nighean donn nan gobhar |
Ho my brown-haired goatherdess |
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Dol dha'n chlachan air Di-dòmhnaich |
Going to the church on Sundays |
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'S geal do stocainn 's dubh do bhrògan |
With your white stockings and black shoes |
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'S truagh a'righ nach mi bha comh' riut |
I am sad that I was not along with you |
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Ged nach pòsamaid a chaoidh |
Although we will never marry |
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Ho mo nighean donn nan gobhar |
Ho my brown-haired goatherdess |
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He mo nighean donn nan gobhar |
Hey my brown-haired goatherdess |
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'S trom inntinneach mi 'nad dheidhidh |
My mind is heavy since you left |
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'S bòidheachd siubhach mo nighean donn |
Gracefully moves my brown-haired girl |
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Ho mo nighean donn nan gobhar |
Ho my brown-haired goatherdess |
