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Lyrics
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English Translation
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'S tric mi sealltainn o'n chnòc a's àirde
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I'm often searching on the highest hilltop
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Dh'fheuch am faic mi fear a bhàta
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Trying to find the boatman
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An tig thu'n diùigh no'n tig thu màireach
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Will you come tonight or tomorrow?
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'S mur tig thu idir gur truagh a tà' mi
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If you don't come at all, I'll be distraught
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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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Fhir a bhata 'sna horo eile
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Oh boatman 'sna horo eile
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Fhir a bhata 'sna horo eile
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Oh boatman 'sna horo eile
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Fhir a bhata 'sna horo eile
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Oh boatman 'sna horo eile
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Mo shòraidh slàn leat 's gach àit an teid thu
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My best wishes go with you wherever you may be
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Tha mo chridhe-sa briste brùite
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My heart is broken, bruised
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'S tric na deóir a ruith o'm shùilean
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Often tears are running down my cheeks
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An tig thu nochd no'm bi mo dhùil riut
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Will you come tonight or will I wait up for you
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No'n dùin mi'n dorus le osna thùrsaich
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But close the door, sighing heavily?
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Gheall mo leannan dhomh gùn dhe'n t-sìoda
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My love promised me a dress of silk
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Gheall e siod agus breacan rìomhach
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He promised me that and a gray tartan
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Fainn òir anns an fàiginn iomhaigh
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A gold ring where I'd see my reflection
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Ach 's eagal leam gun dean e di-chuimhn'
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But I'm afraid he has forgotten
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Bidh mi tuille gu tùrsach deùrach
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I will be forever tearful and dejected
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Mar eala bhàn 's an déigh a reùbadh
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Like a wild swan wounded and broken
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Guileag bàis aic' air lochan feùrach
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Wailing its song of death on some weedy pond
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Is cach uile an déigh a tréigsinn
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Left by the others, alone and abandoned
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