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English Translation
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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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Soraidh bhuam far chuan is beannachd
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Greetings and blessings from across the ocean
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Chun an àite as àille sealladh
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To the place of the most beautiful voices
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Far an d'ionnsaich mi 'nam phàisde
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Where I learned as a child
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Cainnt mo mhàthar Gàidhlig Bharraidh
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My mother's tongue, the Gaelic of Barra
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Gura tric a bhios mi smaointinn
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Often I think about
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Nuair a bha mi òg 'smi faoin
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When I was young and carefree
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'Buain nan ròs a-mach 'san aonach
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Picking the roses on the grassland
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Ris na caoirich taobh nan gleannan
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With the sheep in the glen
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Ach nam bithinn pailt de stòras
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But if I was abundantly wealthy
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Rud nach bi mi fad 's is beò mi
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Which I will not be as long as I live
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Sud an tìr 'san dèanainn còmhnaidh
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That's the land where I would settle
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Far an d'fhuair mi òg am bainne
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Where I got my mother's milk
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An tìm an earraich bidh gach iasgair
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In springtime each fisherman goes
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'Mach le bàtaichean 'san Iar ann
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Out with the boats at high tide
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Sud an sealladh leam bu bhreagha
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That's the sight I love the best
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'N am nan lion a bhith 'gan tarruing
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The time when the nets are hauled in
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An tìm a'gheamhraidh leam bu shanntach
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In wintertime, I most desired
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'Bhith a-measg nan òigearan bannda
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To be amongst the modest young men
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Bhiodh òl ann is ceòl is dannsa
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There was drink, music and dancing
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'S dram cha bhiodh oirnn gann mu Nollaig
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And we would never be short of drams for Christmas
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