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English Translation
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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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Ho ro i a bhi o ho
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Ho ro i a bhi o ho
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Chall eileadh a ro ho
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Chall eileadh a ro ho
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Ho ro i a bhi o ho
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Ho ro i a bhi o ho
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Chall o ho ro bhi
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Chall o ho ro bhi
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Ach a Thomais 'ic Uilleim
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Oh Thomas, son of William
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Bu tu 'n companach munaidh
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You were my moorland companion
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Anns na coilltichean urrad
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In the high forests
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Fhuair thu urram na seilg'
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You won renown in hunting
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Gur a buidheach mi m' chéile
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I thank my servant
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Thug an gunn' á Dùn-eideann
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Who brought the gun from Edinburgh
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Dhomh-sa b' aithne do bheusan
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I knew of your excellent quality
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'S cha bu léir dhomh do ghiamh
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And I saw no defect
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'S toigh leam àiridh nam badan
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I like the wooded shieling
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Far am b' éibhinn leam cadal
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Where I was happy to sleep
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'S am biodh fasgadh ri gaillionn
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Where there would be shelter from storms
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Aig aighean 's aig laoigh
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For heifers and calves
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Agus frith nan dàmh donna
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And the forest of the red stags
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'S nan ceannardan troma
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Of the heavy-antlered heads
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Leam bu mhiann dol 'n an coinneamh
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How I loved to meet with them
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'N uair a chromadh a' ghrian
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At sunset
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Le 'm chuilbheir caol cùbhraidh
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With my slender, sweet-powdered gun
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Ann am achlais 'ga giùlan
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Carried under my arm
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Laoidh ghlas air a h-ùrlar
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Gray lead on the forest floor
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Bheir tuill ùr air am bian
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Would produce new holes in their hides
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Spor thana gheur dhù-ghorm
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On bending my finger
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'N déidh a glasadh 's a dlùthadh
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The thin, sharp, blue-black gunflint
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'Chuireadh sradag ri fùdar
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Having locked and fired
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Nuair a lùbainn mo mhiar
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Would enflame the powder
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Mharbhainn dràchd agus lacha
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I would kill drake and wild duck
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Agus tàrmachan creachainn
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And the tarmigan of the mountain
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'S earbag riabhach nam badan
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And the little roe of the woodland
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'Theid roimh 'n mhaduinn 'na fiamh
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Will retrace her steps before morning
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