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Lyrics
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English Translation
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O gu sunndach mi air m' astar
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I'm happy on my journey
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Falbh gu siubhlach le bheag airtneul
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Travelling swiftly without flagging
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Do a chomhrag ri Bonaparte
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Heading off to do battle with Bonaparte
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'S e bha bagairt air Righ deors'
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He it was who threatened King George
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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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Illean chridheil, bitheamaid sunndach
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Brave lads, let's be merry
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Seasaibh onoir ur duthcha
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Stand for the honor of your country
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Fhad' s a mhaireas luaidh is fudar
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As long as lead and powder last
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De rud chuireadh curam oirnn?
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What could worry us?
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Chan eil faillinn ann ra chunntas
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There is no weakness to be described
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Anns na h-armainn nach diultadh
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In the young heroes who would never retreat
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Chan eil gealtachd nan gnuis-san
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Cowardice is not in their countenance
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Cha toir iad grunnd do luchd a' bhosd
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They will never give ground to the boasters
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Luchd nan osan gearr 's nam feileadh
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Men of the short hose and the kilts
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Cota sgarlaid orr' mar eideadh
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With their uniforms of scarlet coats
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Gum bu ghasd' iad an am eirigh
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Splendid they were in attack
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'S iad nach geilleadh an deidh an leon
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They would never yield though wounded
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Ann am Bruxelles a chaidh innse
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In Brussels it was told
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Gun robh Frangaich tigh'nn nam miltean
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That the French were coming in their thousands
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'S cha bhreug huam gur h-i an fhirinn
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I tell no lie but the truth
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'S iomadh fear bhios sint' gun deo
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Any a man will be stretched out without breath of life
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Nam biodh againn, mar bu dual dhuinn
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If we only had, as was hereditary to us
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Lann Chinn-Ilich air ar gualainn
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The great broadsword with Islay-wrought hilt on our shoulders
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Sgoilteamaid an cinn gun cluasan
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We'd split their heads to their ears
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Gam bualadh le smuais nan dorn
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Pounding them with the smashing of our fists
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O gu sunndach mi air m' astar
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I'm happy on my journey
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Falbh gu siubhlach le bheag airtneul
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Travelling swiftly without flagging
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Do a chomhrag ri Bonaparte
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Heading off to do battle with Bonaparte
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'S e bha bagairt air Righ deors'
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He it was who threatened King George
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