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Lyrics:
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English Translation:
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Nach fhreagair thu, Cairistiona?
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Will you not answer me, Cairistiona?
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e hò hi rù bhi
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e ho hi ru bhi
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o horo hì ò ho ro ho
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o horo hi o ho ro ho
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e hò hi rù bhi
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e ho hi ru bhi
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'S nam freagradh gun cluinninn fhìn thu
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If you would, I would hear,
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e hò hi rù bhi
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e ho hi ru bhi
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Thug mi bliadhna 'n cùirt an rìgh leat;
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I spent three years in the king's court,
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e hò hi rù bhi
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e ho hi ru bhi
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'S ged theirinn e thug mi trì ann,
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Although I would say it was three,
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e hò hi rù bhi
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e ho hi ru bhi
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Chì mi luingeas an Caol Ìle
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I see a boat in the kyles of Islay
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e hò hi rù bhi
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e ho hi ru bhi
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tighinn a dh'iarraidh Cairistiona
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coming for Cairistiona,
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e hò hi rù bhi
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e ho hi ru bhi
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gus a cur san talamh ìseal,
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To put her in the low-lying ground
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e hò hi rù bhi
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e ho hi ru bhi
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fo na leacan troma, dilinn
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under the heavy slabs, forever
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e hò hi rù bhi
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e ho hi ru bhi
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'n turas thug thu a Ghleann Comhann,
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the trip took you from Glencoe,
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e hò hi rù bhi
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e ho hi ru bhi
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gheàrr thu leam nach fhaod mi tomhas -
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you leapt a distance I can't measure -
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e hò hi rù bhi
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e ho hi ru bhi
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bha 'n fhairge trom 's an caolas dohmainn
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the sea was wild and the Caolas deep,
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e hò hi rù bhi
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e ho hi ru bhi
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's ged dh'fhaodadh, cha dean mi 'n gnothach;
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and although I could, I won't do it;
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e hò hi rù bhi
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e ho hi ru bhi
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cha bhi Cairistiona romham
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Cairistiona won't be before me
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e hò hi rù bhi
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e ho hi ru bhi
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