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English Translation
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Ailein Duinn a ni 's a naire
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Dark-haired Alan, my precious one
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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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O na hi hoireann o ho
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O na hi hoireann o ho
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Hi na hi i ri u hu o
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Hi na hi i ri u hu o
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S' goirt 's gur daor a phaigh mi mal dhut
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Endless grief the price it cost me
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Cha chrodh laoigh 's cha chaoraich bhana
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'Twas neither sheep or cattle
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Ach an luchd a thaom am bata
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But the load the ship took with her
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Bha m'athair oirre 's mo thriuir bhraithrean
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My father and my three brothers
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Chan e sin gu leir a chraidh mi
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As if this wasn't all my burden
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Ach am fear a ghlac air laimh mi
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The one to whom I gave my hand
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Leathanach a' bhroillich bhainghil
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MacLean of the fair skin
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A thug o 'n chlachan Di-mairt mi
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Who took me from the church on Tuesday
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Fhaoileag bheag thu, fhaoileag mhar' thu
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Little seagull, seagull of the ocean
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Cait a d'fhag thu na fir gheala
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Where did you leave the fair men?
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Dh'fhag mi iad 'san eilean mhara
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I left them in the island of the sea
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Cul ri cul is iad gun anail
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Back to back, no longer breathing
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