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English Translation
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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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Cha tig Mòr mo bhean dhachaidh
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My wife Mòr will not return home
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Cha tig Mòr mo bhean ghaoil
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Mòr, my beloved wife will not return
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Cha tig màthair mo leanabh
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The mother of my children
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Nochd a laighidh ri m'thaobh
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Will not come to lie by my side tonight
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Tha an crodh anns an eadraidh
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The cattle are in the milking fold
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'S iad ri 'freagairt nan laogh
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Lowing in answer to the calves
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Cha tig Mòr à Dùn Bheagain
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Mòr will not return from Dunvegan
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'S cha fhreagairt i an glaodh
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To respond to their calls
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Thig bàrr air an iubhar
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The yew tree will come in bloom
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Thig duilleag air chraoibh
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The trees will grow leaves
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Thig fràs air a' luachair
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And seed will appear on the rushes
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Ach cha ghluais mo bhean ghaoil
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But my darling wife will remain lifeless
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Ged a dheanainn-sa pòsadh
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Although I should remarry
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Mar bu chòir dhomh 'nad dhéidh
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As I ought to with you gone
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Cha togadh mo chridhe
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My heart will not lift
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Ri fidhill nan teud
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To the sounds of the fiddle
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Ged a gheobhainn bean uasal
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Although I should get a wife of means
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'S daoin' uaisl' air gach taobh
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With gentry of both sides of the family
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'S mùr gum b'fheàrr leam Mòr agam
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I would far rather Mòr to be with me
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'Dol bhi laighe ri m'thaobh
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And lying by my side
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