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English Translation
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Tha gillean òga tapaidh
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There are hardy young boys
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An Gleann-Dail ag eirigh suas
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Being brought up in Glendale
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'S cuid aca tha deònach
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And some of them are keen
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Air an lòn thoirt thar a' chuan
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To make their livelihoods overseas
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Ach eisdibh ris an òran
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But listen to this song
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Rinn MacLeòid a chuir air chuairt
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Composed and circulated by MacLeod
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'S bi cuimhn' agaibh an còmhnaidh air
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And you will always remember it
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'Nuair sheolas sibh a Cluaidh
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When you sail from the Clyde
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'Nuair theid thu òg tu aineolach
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When you join a vessel
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Air bord air luingean seòl
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While young and ignorant
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Bi cuisean dhuit cho aineaolach
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Things will seem so strange to you
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'S nach àithnich thu gach ròp
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That you cannot identify every rope
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Gur tric a theid do mhionnachadh
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They will often swear at you
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'S do sgrios dh'an domhainn mhór
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And curse you to the deep ocean
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Mas dìrich thu na cruinn aice
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Before you can climb her masts
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Cho aotrom ris na h-eoin
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As nimbly as the birds
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'Nuair thig an stoirm 'na cabhaig ort
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When a storm rises quickly
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'S an fhairge cabh 'na glinn
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And the raging seas boil
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Na tonnan uaine 'chlisgeas tu
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The green waves startle you
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'Gam bristeadh mu do dhruim
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As they break about your back
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Na slatan àrda cuireadh riut
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You must negotiate the high masts
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Ged bhitheadh tu gle thìnn
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Although you are very ill
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'S riut fhein bu tric a chanadh tu
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As you often tell yourself
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Bu mhath a bhith air tìr
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The benefits of being on dry land
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Chaidh mi troimh gach àmhghair anns
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I have experienced all afflictions
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Gach ceàrn tha fo na neoil
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In every land under the sun
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Cha b' urrainn dhaibh mo bhathadh
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They were unable to drown me
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Cha robh rathad ac' air no dòigh
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They had neither will nor way
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Nam biodh a leth a' nochd agam
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Tonight, if I possessed half
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'S na chosg mi anns an òl
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Of what I have spent on drink
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Gu faodainn suidhe socair ann
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I would be sitting quietly and peacefully
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Fo losgan ri mo bheò
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For the rest of my life
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Tha gillean òga tapaidh
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There are hardy young boys
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An Gleann-Dail ag eirigh suas
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Being brought up in Glendale
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'S cuid aca tha deònach
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And some of them are keen
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Air an lòn thoirt thar a' chuan
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To make their livelihoods overseas
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Ach eisdibh ris an òran
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But listen to this song
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Rinn MacLeòid a chuir air chuairt
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Composed and circulated by MacLeod
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'S bi cuimhn' agaibh an còmhnaidh air
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And you will always remember it
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'Nuair sheolas sibh a Cluaidh
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When you sail from the Clyde
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