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English Translation
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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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'S truach nach do dh'fhuirich mi tioram air tír
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It's a pity I didn't stay on dry land
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'N fhìrinn a th'agam nach maraiche mi
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It's the truth that I'm no sailor
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'S truach nach do dh'fhuirich mi tioram air tír
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It's a pity I didn't stay on dry land
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Ri m' mhaireann cha till mise shéoladh
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As long as I live I won't return to sailing
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Ruith na muic-mhara ri gaillionn 's a chuan
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Chasing the whales in a storm at sea
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Mo mhéoirean air reothadh a dh'aindheoin a bhith cruaidh
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My fingers frozen in spite of their toughness
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B' fhéarr a bhith 'n ceart-uair air acair air Chluaidh
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It'd be better now to be at anchor on the Clyde
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Na bhith díreadh nan crann an South Georgia
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Than climbing the masts in South Georgia
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Díle bho'n t-sneachd 's tu gun fhasgadh o'n fhuachd
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Heavy snow showers and you're without shelter from the cold
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T' aodann 'ga sgailceadh le fras bho gach stuadh
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Your face slapped with a shower from every wave
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'S t-airgiod am pàilteas 's gun doigh a chur bhuat
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Plenty of money with nowhere to spend it
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'S e síor-losgadh toll ann a d' phòca
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And it forever burning a hole in your pocket
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Nuair gheibh sinn forladh 's nuair ruigeas sinn traigh
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When we get leave and we reach the shore
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Falbhaidh an oinseach-sa còmhla ri cach
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This idiot will go along with the rest
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Chosg mi de dh'airgiod aig cunntair a' bhàr
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I've spent enough money at the bar
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A cheannaicheadh tri taighean-òsda
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To buy three hotels
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