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Lyrics
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English Translation
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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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Ho mo nighean donn nan gobhar
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Ho my brown-haired maid of the goats
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Ho mo nighean donn nan gobhar
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Ho my brown-haired maid of the goats
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'S trom ìnntinneach mi nad dhèidh
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Heavy hearted am I after you
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'S bòidheach seaghach mo nighean donn
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Pretty and sensible, my auburn maid
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Ho mo nighean donn nan gobhar
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Ho my brown-haired maid of the goats
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Nighean donn is àille sealladh
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Auburn maid, beautiful to see
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'S guirm do shùil na driùchd na maidne
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Your eyes bluer than the dew in the morning
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An gaol a thug mi dhut a's t-earrach
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The love I gave you in the spring
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Cha teid e as m'aire chaoidh
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It will last forever
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Nighean donn bha ris na gamhna
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Auburn maid who tended the calves
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Bha mi uair 's bu mhòr mo gheall ort
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There was a time when I had high hopes for you
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Dhut a thigeadh dhol dhan dannsa
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Comely you were at the dance
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Le gùn 's strann aige dhan t-sìd'
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With a gown of silk
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Dol dhan chlachan air Didòmhnaich
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Going to the church on Sunday
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'S geal do stocainn 's dubh do bhrògan
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White your stockings and black your shoes
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'S truagh a rìgh nach mi bha còmh' riut
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It's a pity I could not be with you
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Ged nach pòsamaid a chaoidh
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Even if we never married
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