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English Translation
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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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Ged a shẹl mi air m' aineol
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Although I sailed to foreign countries
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Cha laigh smalan air mi' inntinn
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Sadness did not linger in my mind
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Ged a shẹl mi air m' aineol
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Although I sailed to foreign countries
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'S ann à Boston a shẹl sinn
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We sailed from Boston
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Dol air bhoidse chun na h-̀nnsinn
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On a voyage to the Indies
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Rinn sinn c̣rdadh ri captain
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We came to an agreement with a skipper
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Air a' bhàrc a bha ŕomhach
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Of a handsome ship
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Tŕ latha roimh na Nollaig
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Three days before Christmas
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Thàinig oirnn an droch sh́de
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Bad weather descended upon us
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Shèid i cruaidh oirnn le frasan
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The wind blew strongly with rain
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'S clachan mheallain a bha millteach
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And stinging hailstones
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Cha robh ṛpa 's cha robh ̣irleach
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When the inch-thick ropes froze
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Nuair a reoth ann nach robh tŕ ann
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They became three inches in girth
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Chaill sinn craiceann ar làmhan
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We lost the skin of our hands
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Bha ar gàirdeanan sǵth dheth
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And our arms were tired of the struggle
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Cha c̣ignear nan seasamh
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Five of the crewmembers were standing
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'S bha seachdnar nan śneadh
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And seven were prone
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Tŕ latha is tŕ oidhche
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I spent three days and three nights
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'S mi ri chuibhle ri droch sh́de
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At the wheel during the storm
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Nuair a labhair an captain
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That is when the skipper said
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"Illean tapaidh na d́obraibh
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"Do not yield, stout-hearted lads
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Nuair a ruigeas sibh cala
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When you reach port
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Bidh ur drama dhuibh cinnteach"
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Your dram will be certain"
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Tha lionn-diubh aig mo mhàthair
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My mother is dejected
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Is dùil aic' nach till mi
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Because she does not expect me to return
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