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English Translation
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Fàilte gu fearann air balaich an iasgaich
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Welcome ashore the lads of the fishing
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'G iomradh 's a tarraing 's a gearradh a'bhiathaidh
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Rowing and pulling and cutting the bait
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Coma leam leabaidh no cadal no biadh
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I don't care for bed, sleep or food
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Gu faigh mi mo lìon an òrdugh
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Until I get my nets in order
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Siud agaibh na balaich a sheasadh an cruadal
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Those were the lads who would stand upright
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Sìnt' air a bhallaist gun phealaig mun uachdar
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Stretched on the ballast without a rug over them
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Còignear no seisear 's an lethcheann air cluasaig
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Five or six and their cheek on a pillow
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Ulpagan cruaidhe Cheòsain
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Of hard lumps of Ceosan
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Bàtaichean Gallach a gearradh an t-sìobain
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Caithness boats cutting the spray
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Beatadh gu cala an agaidh sruthlìonaidh
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Tacking to port against a flow tide
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Bàtaichean biorach aig Nisich is Siaraich
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Sharp-bowed boats manned by Nessmen and Westsiders
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Fada mun iar air Rònaidh
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Far west of Rona
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B'fheàrr leam an leabaidh na gàbhadh nan tonn
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I would prefer bed than the danger of the waves
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Is plaide mo mhàthar 's mo làmh fo mo cheann
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And my mother's blanket and my hand under my head
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B'fheàrr na bhith lathadh fo fhasgadh nan crann
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I'd prefer that than being benumbed under the shelter of the masts
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'G èisteachd ri srann nan ròpan
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Listening to the hum of the ropes
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Fàilte gu fearann air balaich an iasgaich
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Welcome ashore the lads of the fishing
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'G iomradh 's a tarraing 's a gearradh a'bhiathaidh
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Rowing and pulling and cutting the bait
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Coma leam leabaidh no cadal no biadh
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I don't care for bed, sleep or food
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Gu faigh mi mo lìon an òrdugh
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Until I get my nets in order
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