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An Teid Thu Leam A Mhairi |
| Credits : | Arranged by Ishbel MacAskill, Andy Thorburn & Corrina Hewat |
| Appears On : | Essentially Ishbel |
| Language : | Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) |
| Other Versions : | " An Tèid Thu Leam A Mhàiri " on Fiona Mackenzie & Arthur Cormack's album Seinn! O Ho Ro Seinn! |
| Lyrics : | English Translation : |
| Sèist : | Chorus (after each verse) : |
| An tèid thu leam a Mhàiri? | Will you go with me, Mary? |
| An tèid thu leam a Mhàiri? | Will you go with me, Mary? |
| An tèid thu leam a Mhàiri dhonn | Will you go with me, brown-haired Mary |
| Gur tìr nam beanntan àrda? | To the land of the high mountains? |
| Dh'aithnichinn fhìn do bhàta | I would recognize your boat |
| Sìos ma Rubh' na h-Àirde | Down by Aird Point |
| Brèidean geala anns an t-seòl | White patches in the sails |
| 'S Clann MhicLeòid gan càradh | And Clan Macleod repairing them |
| Tha crodh againn air àirigh | We have cattle on the sheiling |
| Laoigh an cois am màthar | Calves beside their mothers |
| Tha sin againn is caoridh mhaol | We have that and cheviot sheep |
| Ri aodann nam beann àrda | On the slopes of the high mountains |
| Cha tèid mi leat a Ghàidheil | I will not go with you, Highlander |
| Mo dhùthaich chaoidh chan fhàg mi | I will never leave my own country |
| Gur bochd am fonn 's tha an t-aran gann | The soil is poor and food is scarce |
| An tìr nan gleann 's nan àrd bheann | In the land of glens and mountains |