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English Translation
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'S moch an diugh a rinn mi eirigh
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Early I arose
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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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Hoireann o hi ri u ho
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Hoireann o hi ri u ho
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Hu o ai hi o ho eile
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Hu o ai hi o ho eile
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Hoireann o hi ri u ho
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Hoireann o hi ri u ho
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Ghabh mi mach ri gleann na geigeadh
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I went out by the glen of branches
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Thainin mi steach gleann na spreidheadh
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I came back by the glen of the flocks
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Fhuair mi ghruagach dhonn gun eirigh
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I found the brown-haired girl still in bed
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Lub mi 'na mo bhreacan fhein i
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I folded her in my own plaid
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'S thug mi boid nach b'eagal beud dhi
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And vowed that she need fear no harm
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Gun tugainn dha mathair fhein i
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That I would give her to her own mother
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'S mise ghaoil a bha 'nam eiginn
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How distressed I was, my love
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Ach ma thilleas mis' as Eirinn
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But if I come back from Ireland
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'S tusa ghaoil a gheibh am preusant
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What presents you will get
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