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English Translation
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Or it could go this way?
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Hé mandu, hé mandu, hé mandu
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Hé mandu, hé mandu, hé mandu
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Hé mandu, hé mandu, hé mandu
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Hé mandu, hé mandu, hé mandu
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Hé mandu 's truagh nach digeadh
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Alas, that this does not
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Hé mandu siod 'gham iarraidh
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Come to fetch me
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Hé mandu gille 's litír
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A messenger and a letter
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Hi ri oro each is diollaid
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A horse and a saddle
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Hé mandu hi ri oro hó ró hù ó
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Hé mandu hi ri oro hó ró hù ó
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Hé mandu nam biodh agam
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If I had
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Hé mandu sgiath a ghlaisein
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The sparrow's wing
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Hé mandu iteag nan eoin
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The birds' power of flight
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Hi ri oro spòg na lachain
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The wild duck's feet
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Hé mandu hi ri oro hó ró hù ó
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Hé mandu hi ri oro hó ró hù ó
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Hé mandu, hé mandu, hé mandu
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Hé mandu, hé mandu, hé mandu
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Hé mandu shnàmhainn na caoil
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I would swim
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Hé mandu air an tarsuinn
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Across the narrows
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Hé mandu an Caol Ileach
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The Sound of Islay
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Hi ri oro 's an Caol Arcach
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The Sound of Orkney
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Hé mandu hi ri oro hó ró hù ó
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Hé mandu hi ri oro hó ró hù ó
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Hé mandu 's rachainn a steach
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I would go
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Hé mandu chon a' chaisteal
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Into the castle
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Hé mandu 's bheirinn a mach
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And I would bring
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Hi ri oro as mo leannan
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My sweetheart out
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Hé mandu hi ri oro hó ró hù ó
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Hé mandu hi ri oro hó ró hù ó
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Hé mandu, hé mandu, hé mandu...
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Hé mandu, hé mandu, hé mandu...
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Hé mandu 's truagh nach digeadh
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Alas, that this does not
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Hé mandu siod 'gham iarraidh
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Come to fetch me
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Hé mandu gille 's litír
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A messenger and a letter
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Hi ri oro each is diollaid
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A horse and a saddle
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Hé mandu hi ri oro hó ró hù ó
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Hé mandu hi ri oro hó ró hù ó
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Hé mandu, hé mandu, hé mandu...
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Hé mandu, hé mandu, hé mandu...
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