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English Translation
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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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Dhòmhnaill Antaidh, Dhòmhnaill lé ho
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Donald "Antaidh", Donald lè ho
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Hi ri iùl eile
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Hi ri iùl eile
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Dhòmhnaill Antaidh, Dhòmhnaill lé ho
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Donald "Antaidh", Donald lè ho
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A Dhòmhnaill a chrìdh' an tig thu 'm bliadhna
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Donald, my heart, will you return this year?
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Chuala mi gun deach do bhàthadh
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I heard that you were drowned
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Ann na dam a' mhuilean-shàbhaidh
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In the dam of the saw-mill
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Chuirinn mo long mhòr 'gad iarraidh
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I would put out my long-boat to rescue you
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Long mòr na stiomar iarainn
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The long-boat with the iron bands
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Gheibhinn gillean 's chosgainn biadh riuth'
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I would get a crew of boys and feed them well
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Cha b' e an t-aran dubh bu bhiadh dhaibh
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Black bread would not be their food
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Ach peasair agus muic-fheòil bhiadhta
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But peas and pork will feed them
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An tè aig Domhnaill gun bhi glé geal
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Donald's share would be worthy
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Thug seachd bliadhn' an cuan Eirinn
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You spent seven years on the Irish sea
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Cumail cogadh ri na ceudan
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Fighting with armies of hundreds
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Cumail Gàidhlig ri luchd Beurla
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Driving Gaelic to the English-speakers
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Cumail Laidean ri luchd Greugais
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Driving Latin to the Greek-speakers
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Nuair a thig mo Dhòmhnaill-sa dhachaidh
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When my Donald comes home
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'S cinnteach mo chìr chùil a falach
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Certainly my hair-combs will be covered
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'S cinnteach sìod' 's pasgan anart
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And certainly, the shroud will be folded
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