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O 'S Toil 'S Gu Rò Thoil Leam |
| Credits : | Traditional; arranged by Donnie Murdo MacLeod |
| Appears On : | Gaelic Scotland (compilation) |
| Language : | Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) |
| Other Versions : | " O 'S Toil 'S Gur Ro-thoil Leam " on James Graham's album Siubhal |
| Lyrics : | English Translation : |
| Gura mis' tha fo mhulad | I am all miserable |
| Ged is duilich dhomh innse | Though it is hard for me to admit |
| Sèist : | Chorus (after each verse) : |
| O 's toil 's gur rò-thoil leam | Oh I like, I do like |
| O 's toil leam thu, nìonag | Oh I like you, lassie |
| O 's toil 's gur rò-thoil leam | Oh I like, I do like you |
| Mi an taigh-eiridinn Shasuinn | Here in hospital in England |
| 'S gur trom airsneulach m'inntinn | My head is heavy and weary |
| Mi gun fhois nach e 'm bàs e | Not knowing whether I may die |
| 'S cha toir bàta 'Phortrìgh mi | And the boat will never take me to Portree |
| Thoir mo shoiridh 'Dhùn Bheagain | Bear my greetings to Dunvegan |
| Nam feadan 's nam pìoban | The place of chanters and pipes |
| 'N t-soiridh eile seo fairis | Another greeting across the water |
| Bhuam go ceannaichean Lìte | From me to the merchants of Leith |
| Go gillean na Hearadh | One to the Harris boys |
| Is go Alasdair Pìobar | And to Alasdair the piper |
| Go pèidse na baintighearn' | To my lady's page |
| Ged 'se 'chainnt rinn mo dhìteadh | Though it was his telling that got me in trouble |
| 'S toil 's gur toil leam a' ghruagach | I like, I do like the maiden |
| Ged nach d' fhuair mi dhomh fhìn í | Though I did not get her for myself |
| 'S toil leam bean a' chuil bhuidhe | I like the fair-haired girl |
| A nì 'm bruthach a dhìreadh | Who can lightly climb the brae |