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Lyrics:
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English Translation:
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Cha dèan na brògan dannsaidh,
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The dancing shoes
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an gnothach idir idir dhomh,
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won't do at all, at all
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'S olc na brògan dannsaidh
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The dancing shoes are no use
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Nach màireadh idir dhomh-sa
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the wouldn't last me at all
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Na brògan fhuair mi an Dun-Phris
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The shoes I got in Dumfries
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Ged a bha iad bòidheach piollach
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although they were lovely and unusual looking
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thug mi 'n charraig iad gam milleadh,
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I took to the rocks with them and spoiled them
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'S gun d' rinn siud an stròiceadh
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and that tore them to bits
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gun robh 'n gutta-percha dair dhomh
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and gutta-percha was expensive for me
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'S shaoil mi e' bhith saor ri cheannach
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and I thought it would be cheap
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Thug e na builg air air mo bhuinn
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it gave me blisters on my soles
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'S bidh cuiumhn' agam ri m' bheò air
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and I'll never forget it
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Dh'èirich an t-uachdar on bhonn
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The upper came away from the sole
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'S bha m' òrdag mhòr air lim na dàlach
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and my big toe was sticking out
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Sgaoil na deireannan o n' sàiltean
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the heels split from the backs
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'S rinn iad m' fhàgail còmhla
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and they both fell off me
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Cha bhi mi coslach ri càch
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I'll really stand out
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ged thèid mi gu bàl na banais
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if I go to the wedding dance
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B'fhèirr dhomh 'n dibhearsain a chall
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I'd prefer to miss out on all the fun
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Na dannsadh le droch bhrògan
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than dance with rubbish shoes
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Bha iad olc gu leum na fèitheadh
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They were of no use on the moor
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'S cha robh feum annt anns a charraid
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and they were no use when I got cold and tired
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'S dh'fheumainn fuireach fad on grìosaich
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I would have to stay away from the fire
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Get ' bhriodh m' fheusag reòdhte
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although my beard would be frozen
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Am fear a thàth ri chèile 's tus iad
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the man who put them together in the first place
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Cha toir mise turn dha tuilleadh
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I'll never give him a turn again
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On a mheall e mi le foill
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Since he decieved me with his treachery
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Gur ann a thoill e chorcach
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he deserves bad luck
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Mur a dealaich e ri dhòigheann
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If he doesn't change his ways
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Cha toir duine beò dha cuirean
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no-one will give him a turn again
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Faodaidh e 'n doras a dhùnadh
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he can just shut the door
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'S laigh 'n cùil na monadh
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and lie out at the back of the moor
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'N t-airgead a chruinnich mi fhìn
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the money that I had saved up
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A' reic nam bìoball anns gach baile
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selling bibles in every village
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'S mòr am milleadh air mo chliù
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my reputation is spoiled for
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A thoirt do dhiù na gròigean
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having considered the botcher useful
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