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Chorus
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'S iomadh caileag bhòidheach laghach
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Many a lovely, pleasant young woman
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A bhios 'na suidh' aig cuibhlidh
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Will sit at the spinning wheel
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A' snìomh nan rolag 's seinn nan luinneag
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Plying the rolls and crooning melodies
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Bidh gach currac binn ann
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All the peaked mutches will be present
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A' snàithlean bòidheach ruith ro' meòirean
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Lovely yarn coursing through her fingers
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Cothrom, còmhnard, sìnte
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Finished, smooth and stretched
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A falt 'na dhual bhos cionn a cluais
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Her hair arranged in a plait
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'Ga chumail suas le cìr ann
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Held by a comb above her ear
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A Nic Theàrlaich, air do shlàinte
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A drink to your health, oh daughter of Charles
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Bidh sinn càirdeil daonnan
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We shall always be cordial
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Bidh thusa 'fàs, bidh mise 'cnàmh
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You will increase and I shall wither
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'S mo cheann cho bàn ri faoileig
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My head white as a gull's
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Bu mhór leam an toileach a thug siod dhomhs'
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It gave me great pleasure
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A laighe blàth ri d'thaobhsa
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To lay warm by your side
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Nuair thig an geamhradh, bídh tu sàs
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When winter comes you will be working
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Aig nigheann bhàn Nic Mhaoilein
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For MacMillan's fair-haired daughter
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Thig a'chuibhle cuairt car o dheas na o thuath
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The wheel will come spinning from south or from north
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Agus gheobh ar n'easdairdean duais an eucoir
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And our enemies will receive the reward of their crime
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Nuair thig an geamhradh, 's àm nam bainnsean
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When winter comes and the season for weddings
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Gheobh sinn dram' dhe 'n Tòiseach
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We'll get a dram of spirits
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'S bidh Nollaig chridheil aig cloinn nighean
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The girls and young boys
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'S aig na gillean òga
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Will enjoy a merry Christmas
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Bidh mnathan òg a' ruith 's a' leum
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Young women will bustle about
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'S cuid dhiubh 'g éigheachd òran
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Some of them calling out songs
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Bidh srannd aig bodaich ann am fodar
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Old men sitting in the straw
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'S sogan orr' a' còmhradh
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Will drone contentedly in conversation
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Thig a'chuibhle cuairt car o dheas na o thuath
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The wheel will come spinning from south or from north
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Agus gheobh ar n'easdairdean duais an eucoir
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And our enemies will receive the reward of their crime
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