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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Dh'fhalbh mo rùn 's dh' fhàg e 'n cala |
My love has left the harbor |
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Dh'fhalbh mo rùn e ho o hiu |
My love has gone e ho o hiu |
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Thog e na siùil ùr ri crannan |
He raised the new sail to the mast |
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Dh'fhalbh mo rùn 's dh' fhàg e 'n cala |
My love has left the harbor |
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Dh'fhalbh mo leannan 'uam a Ile |
My sweetheart has left me from Islay |
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Air long rìomhach nan tri crannan |
On the fine three-masted ship |
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Dh'fhalbh mo leannan 'uam a dh'Eireann |
My sweetheart has gone from me to Ireland |
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'S as a dhèidh cha bhi mi fallain |
Without him I won't be well |
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Chuala mi gun d'rinn thu rèiteach |
I heard you were betrothed |
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'S gu dè feum a bh'a's a' ghealladh? |
So what was your promise worth? |
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Chuala mi gun d'rinn thu pòsadh |
I heard you got married |
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'S cha d' dh' fheòraich thu mi gu d'bhanais |
And you didn't invite me to your wedding |
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Chaneil unnam ach nighneag òg |
I am but a young girl |
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Is gur e seòladair mo leannan |
And it is the sailor that I love |
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Thuirt na mnathan gur e 'm beud e |
The women said that it was a pity |
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Gun tug mi mo speìs dhan mharaich' |
That I should give my love to the seaman |
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Mo run an Leatheanach Ban |
My love is the fair MacLean |
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'S ann dhut thug mi mo ghràdh 's mo ghealladh |
To you I give my love and my promise |
