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English Translation
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Cha dìrich mi bruthach
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I will not climb to slope
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'S cha siubhail mi mòinteach
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And I will not travel the moors
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Dh' fhalbh mo ghuth cinn
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My voice has failed me
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'S cha seinn mi òran
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And I will not sing a song
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Cha chaidil mi uair
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I will not sleep an hour
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O Luan gu Didòmhnaich
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From Monday until Sunday
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'S mo ghille dubh ciar-dubh
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And my black-haired lad
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'Tighinn fo m' ùidh
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Has caught my attention
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Mo ghille dubh ciar-dubh
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And my black-haired lad
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'Tighinn fo m' ùidh
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Has caught my attention
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Is truagh nach robh mise
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Oh would that I
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'S an gille dubh ciar-dubh
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And my black-haired lad
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'N aodann na beinne
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Were on the mountainside
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Fo shileadh nan siantan
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Exposed to the elements
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An lagan beag fàsach
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In a little deserted hollow
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No 'n àit'-eigin dìomhair
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Or in a secret place
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'S cha ghabh mi fear liath
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And I will not accept a gray-haired man
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'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh
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And you on my mind
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Cha ghabh mi fear liath
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And I will not accept a gray-haired man
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'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh
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And you on my mind
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Dh' òlainn do shlàinte
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I would drink your health
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A ghille dhuibh chiar-dhuibh
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Black-haired lad
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Dh' uisge dubh a' loin
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From the pool's dark water
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Cho deònach 's ge b' fhìon e
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As willingly as I would drink wine
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'S ged tha mi gun stòras
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And although I am without riches
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Tha nas leòr tighinn gam iarrraidh
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Plenty come to court me
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Cha ghabh mi fear liath
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And I would not take a gray-haired man
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'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh
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And you on my mind
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Cha ghabh mi fear liath
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And I would not take a gray-haired man
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'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh
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And you on my mind
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Mo ghille dubh bòidheach
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My beautiful black-haired lad
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Ge gòrach le càch thu
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Though you sport with others
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Dhèanainn do phòsadh
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I would marry you
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Gun deòin do mo chàirdean
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Against the wishes of my relations
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Shiubhlainn leat fada
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I would travel afar with you
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Feadh lagan is fhàsach
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Throughout hollows and wilderness
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'S cha ghabh mi fear liath
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And I would not take a gray-haired man
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'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh
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And you on my mind
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Cha ghabh mi fear liath
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And I would not take a gray-haired man
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'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh
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And you on my mind
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