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English Translation
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A' dol tha Allt an t-Siùcair
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Going across the Sugar Brook
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Air madainn chùbhraidh Chèit
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On a sweet May morning
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Is paidirean geal dlùth-chneap
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With little strings of clear close-set beads
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Den driùchd ghorm air an fheur
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Of green dew on the grass
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Bha Richard 's Robin brùdhearg
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Richard and Robin Redbreast
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Ri seinn 's fear dhuibh 'na bheus
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Were singing, one of them the bass
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'S goic moit air cuthaig chùilghuirm
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And the blue-backed cuckoo tossinr her head up proudly
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'S gu-gùg aic' air a' ghèig
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Calling cuckoo on the branch
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Bha smeòrach cur nan smùid dhith
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The thrush was singing her heart out
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Air bacan cùil leath' fhèin
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Alone on a bank in the rear
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An dreathan donn gu sùrdail
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The wren busily
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'S a rifeid-chiùil 'na bheul
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With a pipe reed in his mouth
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Am bricean-beithe 's lùb air
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The linnet bending to the task
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'S e gleusadh lùth a theud
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Testing the tension of his strings
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An coileach dubh ri dùrdan
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The blackcock murmuring with his mate
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'S a' chearc ri tùchan rèidh
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Cooing gently
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Na bric a' gearradh shùrdag
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Trout leaping briskly
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Ri plubraich dhlùth le chèil'
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Plumping in and out together
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Taobh-leumnaich mear le lùthchleas
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Leaping sideways merrily and cleverly
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Sa bhùrn le mùirn ri grèin
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In the water, enjoying the sunshine
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Ri ceapadh chuileag siùbhlach
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Snapping fast moving flies
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Lem briseadh lùthmhor fèin
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With agile leaps
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Druim lannghorm 's ballbhreac giùran
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Blue-scaled back, spotted gills
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San lainnir chùil mar lèig
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And gleaming backs, jewel-like
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Gur sòlas an ceòl cluaise
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The loud-sounding lowing of cattle 'round your fold
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Àrd-bhàirich bhuar mu ad chrò
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Is joyful music to the ear
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Laoigh cheannfhionn bhreaca ghuanach
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White-headed, brindled, giddy calves answering them
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Ri freagadh, 's nuallan bhò
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Along with the bellowing of cattle
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A' bhanarach le buaraich
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The milkmaid with her cow-fetter
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'S am buachaille fa còir
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The cowherd close to her
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Gu bleoghan a' chruidh ghuaillfhinn
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To milk the white-shouldered cows with cogs
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Air cuaich a thogas cròic
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With their head of foam
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An coire 's fheàrr san dùthaich
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The best corrie in the country
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An coire 's sùghmhor fonn
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The corrie of the richest soil
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'S e coirean Allt an t-Siùcar
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The little corrie of the Sugar Brook
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An coirean rùnach lom
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The mysterious bare little corrie
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'S ge lom, gur molach ùrail
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And although bare, it is tufty and fresh
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Bog miadail 's dlùth a thom
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With its knoll and soft luxuriant meadow
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'M beil mil is bainne brùcadh
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Where milk and honey burst forth
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'S uisg' ruith air siùcar pronn
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And waters run over sugar crystals
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A' dol tha Allt an t-Siùcair
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Going across the Sugar Brook
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Air madainn chùbhraidh Chèit
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On a sweet May morning
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Is paidirean geal dlùth-chneap
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With little strings of clear close-set beads
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Den driùchd ghorm air an fheur
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Of green dew on the grass
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Bha Richard 's Robin brùdhearg
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Richard and Robin Redbreast
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Ri seinn 's fear dhuibh 'na bheus
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Were singing, one of them the bass
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'S goic moit air cuthaig chùilghuirm
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And the blue-backed cuckoo tossinr her head up proudly
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'S gu-gùg aic' air a' ghèig
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Calling cuckoo on the branch
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