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Tha mulad, tha mulad |
Sorrowful, sorrowful |
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Tha lionn-dubh orm fhéin |
Melancholy am I |
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Hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o |
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Hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o |
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Tha do mhingean air m'aire |
There is discontent on my mind |
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Ni nach aidich mo bheul |
Which my lips will not confess |
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Hi ri ri ri o ho |
Hi ri ri ri o ho |
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Ro ho i hoireann o |
Ro ho i hoireann o |
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Mu'n òganach ghasda |
About the fine youth |
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Ùr-mharcrach' nan steud |
Young rider of steeds |
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Hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o |
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Hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o |
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Chan innsinn dha m'phiuthar |
I would not tell my sister |
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Meud mo chumha as do dhéidh |
How much I am longing for you |
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Hi ri ri ri o ho |
Hi ri ri ri o ho |
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Ro ho i hoireann o |
Ro ho i hoireann o |
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No dha'm mhàthair a rug mi |
Nor the mother who bore me |
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Chuir mi cudtrom 'na ceum |
On whose footstep I weighed |
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Hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o |
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Hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o |
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Tha sac trom air mo chridhe |
There is a heavy load on my heart |
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Nach tog fidheall nan teud |
Which the stringed fiddle cannot raise |
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Hi ri ri ri o ho |
Hi ri ri ri o ho |
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Ro ho i hoireann o |
Ro ho i hoireann o |
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Ach a Mhaighread nan Cuiread |
But oh tricky Margaret |
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'S dàn a chuir thu orm breug |
Impudently you lied about me |
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Hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o |
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Hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o |
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Thilg thu orm mar ailis |
You cast up to me the reproach |
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Nach b'fhuilear dhomh 'm bréid |
That I should have a wife's kertch |
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Hi ri ri ri o ho |
Hi ri ri ri o ho |
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Ro ho i hoireann o |
Ro ho i hoireann o |
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Gu robh leanabh am pasgadh |
That within my body |
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Fo asna mo chléibh |
There was an unborn babe |
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Hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o |
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Hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o |
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C'uim' nach innseadh tu'n fhìrinn |
Why would you not tell the truth |
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Mar a dh'innsinn ort fhéin |
As I would of yourself? |
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Hi ri ri ri o ho |
Hi ri ri ri o ho |
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Ro ho i hoireann o |
Ro ho i hoireann o |
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Cha b'ionann dha m'athair |
Things were not alike |
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'S dha t'athair-sa fhéin |
For my father and for yours |
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Hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o |
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Hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o |
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Cha b'ionann dha'n taighean |
Things were not alike in our houses |
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'N am laighe fo'n ghréin |
At the time of sunset |
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Hi ri ri ri o ho |
Hi ri ri ri o ho |
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Ro ho i hoireann o |
Ro ho i hoireann o |
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'S ann a gheobhte 'n taigh m'athar |
In my father's house would be found |
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Cinn is casan an fhéidh |
The heads and feet of deer |
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Hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o |
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Hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o |
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'S ann a gheobhte 'n taigh t'athar |
In your father's house would be found |
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Cinn is cnamhan an éisg |
The heads and bones of fish |
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Hi ri ri ri o ho |
Hi ri ri ri o ho |
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Ro ho i hoireann o |
Ro ho i hoireann o |
