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Nuair bhios mi leam fhìn
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When I am alone
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Bidh tu tighinn fainear dhomh
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You come into my mind
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Bidh mi togail fonn
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I sing a song for
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Air nigh'n donn nam meal-shùil
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The brown-haired girl with the beautiful eyes
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Nuair bhios mi leam fhìn
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When I am alone
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Bidh tu tighinn fainear dhomh
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You come into my mind
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'S mise tha fo mhinginn
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I am so full of sadness
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'S mi stiùireadh na birlinn
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Steering the vessel
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Ciamar bhios e dìreach
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How can it be on course
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'S nach i a tha air m'aire
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When my mind is elsewhere?
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'S nuair chì mise 'n òigridh
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When I see the young ones
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San eaglais Di-Dòmhnaich
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In church on Sunday
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Chan fhaic mi ann an òigh
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I do not see amongst them
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As bòidhche na mo leannan
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A more beautiful girl than my sweetheart
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Nuair bhios mi leam fhìn
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When I am alone
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Bidh tu tighinn fainear dhomh
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You come into my mind
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'S thig iad as gach àite
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And they come from all over
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Far mullach nan àrd-bheann
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From the tops of the high hills
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Cìobairean is tàillearan
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Shepherds and tailors
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Gam fhàgail falamh
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Leaving me penniless
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'S ged thigeadh gad iarraidh
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And if lords and earls
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Mormhairean is iarlan
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Come to ask for you
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Na gabh aon dhiu 'm bliadhna
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Do not accept any of them this year
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'S mise, chiall, bhith bhuat
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When I, my darling, am not with you
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Nuair bhios mi leam fhìn
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When I am alone
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Bidh tu tighinn fainear dhomh
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You come into my mind
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'S ged thigeadh gad fharraid
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And if dukes and lairds
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Diùc agus fear-fearainn
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Come asking for you
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Fan thusa mar a tha thu
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You stay as you are
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Banail mar bu dual
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Maidenly as ever
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H-uile te bheir luaidh dhomh
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Everyone who shows a fondness for me
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Bheir fear eile bhuam i
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Some other man will take her from me
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'S b'airidh mi air duais
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And I deserve a prize for the ill-luck
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A bhuaidh a bha 'gam leantail
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That has followed me
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