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Ni mi'm breacan uallach, a-dhiu-bhì
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I will take the heavy plaid
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A' chuir air mo ghualainn, hò-rò-am-bò
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And put it over my shoulder
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A' dhìreadh ris na cruachan, a-dhiu-bhì
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I will climb the peaks
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A' shealltainn air a' ghruagaich mu bheil an fhodhail
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To visit the maiden that all the excitement is about
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Is éibhinn leam an nì mi mar a chì mi nis e
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It makes me smile now
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Mar tha nighean Sìne an an Lag a' Mhilidh
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To think of Sine's daughter in Lag a' Mhilidh
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O'n a fhuair i'n dìleab tha móran mios oirr'
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And how, since receiving that legacy
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Tha gach fear an geall oirre anns a' mhionaid
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Every man wants to promise himself to her
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Chan eil fear 'san àite nach bi 'ga tathaich
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There isn't a male in the place who doesn't visit her
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'S òrdan aig mo 'mhàthair a bhi 'ga leantainn
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With clear instructions from their mothers to pursue her
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Uilleam aig Caitrìon' agus Peadar Fleming
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William, son of Catriona, and Peter Fleming
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'S Eachunn againn-fhìn bidh e dol 'n rathad
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And our own Hector follows the same path
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Na cailleachan air chéilidh 's a taobh an teallaich
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The old women, ceilidh-ing by the hearths
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Togaidh iad beusan gu ruig a' ghealaich
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Praise her qualities all the way to the moon
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Leis na fhuair i 'sheudan nuair dh'fhalbh a seanair
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With the store of jewels she got when her grandfather passed on
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"Is i cho math gu fuaitheal, 's i fuathasach banail"
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"She's such an exquisite seamstress, and so terribly comely"
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Tha seachd-bliadn' deug is còrr bho'n bha i 'fichead
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More than seventeen years have elapsed since she was twenty
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'S cha robh fear an tòir oirre' chunnaic mise
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And never did I see anyone fancy her
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Gus an d'fhuair i 'n tòrr a bh' aig Fear na Sgriodhaig
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Until she acquired the loot of Fear na Sgriodhaig
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Noigeannan de'n òr a bh' aig anns a' chiste
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With nuggets of gold inside a trunk
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Am press a bh'anns an t-seòmar gur lìonmhor 'ulaidh
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The press in the room bulged with treasures
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Cuimhneachain bh'aig Domhnall air iomadh curaidh
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And souvenirs of many heroes, that Domhnall had
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Sporan agus cùnndadh a bh'aig Rìgh Uilleam
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A purse with some coins that King William had
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'S botul 'san robh ùngadh o'n Ollamh Mhuileach
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And a bottle of the learned Muileach's medicine
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Sgian-dubh agus tuagh bh'aig Rob Ruadh MacGreogair
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A sgian-dubh and an axe that Rob Roy had
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Claidheamh a bh' aig Diarmad 's gu'n robh e biorach
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Diarman's sword, how sharp it was
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Clogad a bh'aig Fionn aic' ann agus biodag
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A helmet of Fionn's, along with a dagger
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Agus currachd-oidhche bh'aig Calum Cille
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And a night-cap that belonged to St. Columba
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