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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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'Illean bithibh sunndach
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Boys, be happy
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A-null air a' bhoidse
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Going over the ocean
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Fàgail ar dùthcha
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Leaving our country
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Gun dùil ri thigh'nn beò ann
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Without hope of doing well there
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'Illean bithibh sunndach
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Boys, be happy
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A-null air a' bhoidse
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Going over the ocean
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'Illean cridheil gaolach
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Hearty, loving boys
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Togaibh rithe h-aodach
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Hoist the sails
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Tha buidheann mo ghaoil-sa
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A group of my dear folk
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Di-Ardaoin 'dol a sheòladh
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Are setting sail on Thursday
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Gur mise tha gu cianail
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I am homesick
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A' fàgail a' Chrianain
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Leaving the Crinan
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A' dol do'n dùthaich fhiadhaich
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Going to the wooded country
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A dh'iarraidh ar lòin as
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To make a living
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Gur mise tha fo ghruaimean
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I am in despair
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A' dol a shiubhal chuantan
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Travelling over the ocean
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Tha 'n t-soitheach dubh a' gluasad
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A black ship is moving
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Gu muladach a sheòladh
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Sailing in sadness
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Tha sinn a' dol dh'Amaireaga
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We are going to America
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Far nach bi cùram eil' oirnn
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Where we will have no anxieties
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Cho fad 's a mhaireas coille dhuinn
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As long as the woods last for us
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An Eilean Nobha Scotia
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On the isle of Novia Scotia
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