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Cò ni mire rium? |
Who will flirt with me? |
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Hù hoireann ò, cò ni mire rium? |
Hù hoireann ò, who will flirt with me? |
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O hoireann ò, cò ni mire rium? |
O hoireann ò, who will flirt with me? |
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Cò ni sugradh, cò ni cinnealtas? |
Who will flirt with me, who'll show kind? |
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Chorus (after each verse): |
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O hoireann ò, cò ni mire rium? |
O hoireann ò, who will flirt with me? |
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Hù hoireann ò, cò ni mire rium? |
Hù hoireann ò, who will flirt with me? |
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O hoireann ò, cò ni mire rium? |
O hoireann ò, who will flirt with me? |
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Cò ni e mur dian na gillean e? |
Who'll do that unless the young men will? |
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Latha dhomh 's mi falbh nam fireachan |
One day as I walked the mountain moors |
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Thachair orm a' ghruagach chinnealta |
A kindly lass I encountered there |
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Sgian beag na laimh 's i buain biolaire |
A little knife in her hand, plucking watercress |
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'S i buain cointean an cois na linneadh ud |
Plucking flowers by yon river pool |
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Theann mi null is fhuair mi bruidhinn rith' |
I went over and got to talk with her |
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'S dh'fhoighnich mi gu de bu chinneadh dhi |
I asked what clan she belonged to |
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'S thuirt i riumsa, "Tha bann-Siosalach" |
She said to me, "I'm a Chisolm girl" |
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Thuirt mi rith' gum b'e mo chinneadh e |
I said to her I was a Chisolm, too |
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Thuirt i rium, "Cha bhi mo thuras riut |
She said to me, "I'll have nothing to do with you |
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Gura Leathanach mo roghainn-sa |
A MacLean is my preference |
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Gun dian Domhnallach mo choinneachadh" |
And a MacDonald will be meeting me" |
