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Hò-rò chunna mi
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Hò-rò I saw
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'S gu faca mi i seòladh
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Indeed I saw her sailing
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Hò-rò chunna mi
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Hò-rò I saw
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'S gu faca mi i seòladh
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Indeed I saw her sailing
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Hò-rò chunna mi
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Hò-rò I saw
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'S gu faca mi i seòladh
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Indeed I saw her sailing
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A' dol os cionn a' Bhraga
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Going above Bragar
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Moch sa' mhadainn air Didòmhnaich
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Early on Sunday morning
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Chunna mi bhon doras
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I saw from my doorway
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Moch sa mhadainn 'n àm dhomh èirigh
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Early in the morning when I was getting up
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Eathar dubh à Bradhagair
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A black boat from Bragar
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'S e shaoil mi bh' innte "Whaler"
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I thought she was a whaler
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Sac oirre do chanabhas
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She carried such a weight of canvas
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A bha cur fodha gèillean
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As to sink her "jaw"
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Ag iarraidh chun na h-acarsaid
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Hurrying to the anchorage
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'S na bodaich 's iad nan èiginn
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Because the old men were in trouble
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Anmoch air Di-Sathuirn
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Late on Saturday
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Ann an sruth a' Ghallan Uigich
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In the current of Gallan Head
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'N àm cur oirre canabhas
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When it was time to raise more sail
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'S na bodaich air co-dhùnadh
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As the old men had decided
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Chaill i 'n t-iarunn iarach
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She lost the iron pintle
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A bha 'n ceanglaichean na stiùire
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In the rudder-bands
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'S chaill bodaich Bhradhagair
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And the old men of Bragar lost
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An dachaidhean san cùrsa
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Sight of their homes and their course
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Chunnaic fear an t-signal i
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The man at the signal saw her
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'S gun fhios co às a dh'fhalbh i
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And wondered where she had set out from
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Chuir e suas bratach riu
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He raised a flag to them
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'S bha acadan te dhearg ris
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And they answered with a red one
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Ag innse mar a thachair dhaibh
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Telling what had happened to them
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Di-Sathuirn, 's e cho anmoch
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Late on Saturday
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'S an naidheach sin a lìobhraigeadh
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And to deliver that piece of news
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'S a h-innse 'n sgìre Bharbhais
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And announce it in the parish of Barvas
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Nuair shoillsich an là dhaibh
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When the day dawned
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'S a dhearc iad air a' Champar
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And they beheld the Campar
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Bha cuid ac ann an agartas
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Some were arguing
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Am b' e sud fearann Leodhais
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About whether that really was the land of Lewis
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Ach thuirt fear de na maraichean
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But one of the seamen said
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Gum b' aithne dha an tom ud
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That he recognized a particular hillock
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Gun leugh e fhèin na leabhraichean
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That he himself had read the books
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'S gu leòr aca fo rùm dhiubh
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As there were plenty of these below deck
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Suas caolas a' Bhraga
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Up the Sound of Bragar
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'S an acarsaid fo gualainn
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With the anchorage on her shoulder
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Cha robh guth air "Latitude"
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There was no mention then of Latitude
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No sgoil na mara 'n uair sin
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Or the nautical school
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Bha fear aig a "Windlass"
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There was a man on the windlass
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A' tomhais leis a luaidhe
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Sounding with the lead
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'S ann dh'ionnsaich e an t-seòldareachd
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He had learned his seamanship
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Bho òige ri na cruachan
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When he was young at the peat-sacks
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Nuair ràinig iad an acarsaid
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When they reached the anchorage
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Cha robh na bodaich fialaidh
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The old men there were not kindly
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Cha reiceadh iad an langa
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They would not sell the ling
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No na sgaitean air na b' fhiach iad
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Nor the skate for what they were worth
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Ach reiceadh iad a' bhiorach riunn
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But they would sell dogfish to us
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Air sgillin thoirt an t-sia orr'
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A shilling for six
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Nach b' annasach an naidheachd sin
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Wasn't that a strange story
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Ga reic an Nis le Siaraich
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West men selling them in Ness
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Cheud chuimhne th' agams'
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In my earliest memory
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Mar as aithne don an t-sluagh e
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As everybody knows
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Cha tigeadh bodaich Bhradhagair
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The Bragar men would not come
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Reic bhiorach ruinn an uair sin
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To sell us dogfish at that time
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Bha iasgairean sa bhaile seo
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There were fishermen in this township
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A chuireadh iad cho suarach
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Who regarded them as so despicable
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'S nach leigeadh le an aineolas
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That their ignorance prevented them
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A rèiteach an cuid shuap iad
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From managing their business competently
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Hò-rò chunna mi
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Hò-rò I saw
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'S gu faca mi i seòladh
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Indeed I saw her sailing
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Hò-rò chunna mi
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Hò-rò I saw
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'S gu faca mi i seòladh
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Indeed I saw her sailing
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Hò-rò chunna mi
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Hò-rò I saw
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'S gu faca mi i seòladh
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Indeed I saw her sailing
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A' dol os cionn a' Bhraga
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Going above Bragar
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Moch sa' mhadainn air Didòmhnaich
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Early on Sunday morning
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