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English Translation
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Do làmh, a charaid, do dh 'Eilean a' chuain
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Your help, my friend, to the Island of Lewis
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'S a h-eallach cho cruaidh is trom
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Since its burden is so difficult to bear
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Tha'm bàs'na chabhaig ri sgathadh 's a' buain
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Death is reaping its terrible toll
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Gun duine ni suas an call
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With no one to make up the loss
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Tha'n òigridh sgoinneil a sheòlas na caoil
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The upstanding youth who sail the straits
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An àite na laoich a bh'ann
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Instead of the warriors who once were there
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Gun bhoineid, gun bhròig, a' siubhal an raoin
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Are without clothing or shoes, traversing the moors
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An Eilean an Fhraoich ud thall
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In the distant Island of Heather
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Hì ri o rì, togaidh sinn fonn
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Hi-ri-o-ri, we'll sing a song
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Air Eilean beag donn a' chuain
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About the little brown Island in the ocean
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Eilean beag Leòdhais dachaidh nan seòid
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Little Island of Lewis, home of the warriors
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A chumas a' chròmhrag suas
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Who will keep up the struggle
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Eilean nan tonn, a dh'àraich na suinn
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Island of the waves, which reared the heros
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'S a chuidich an Fhraing gu buaidh
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And who helped the French to victory
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Còmhla ri chéile togaibh sinn fonn
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All together we'll sing a song
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Air Eilean beag donn a' chuain
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About the little brown Island in the ocean
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O 's làidir na bannan 'g am tharruing a nall
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Oh strong are the ties that are pulling me across
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Gu eilean beag donn Mhicleòid
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To the little brown island of the MacLeods
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'S gu stiuir mi gu h-ealamh gu cala mo long
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And I shall quickly steer my ship to harbor
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'Nuair ruigeas mi ceann mo lò
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When I reach the end of my days
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'S ma ghreimicheas m'acair ri Carraig nan Al
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And if my anchor catches the Bird-Reef
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Bidh m'anam tighinn sàbhailt beò
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My soul will come safely alive
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Mo shiùil air am pasgadh am fasgadh Chill-Sgàir
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My sails folded in the shelter of Cill-Sgair
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Le m'athair 's mo mhàthair chòir
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With my dear father and mother
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Hì ri o rì, togaidh sinn fonn
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Hi-ri-o-ri, we'll sing a song
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Air Eilean beag donn a' chuain
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About the little brown Island in the ocean
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Eilean beag Leòdhais dachaidh nan seòid
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Little Island of Lewis, home of the warriors
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A chumas a' chròmhrag suas
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Who will keep up the struggle
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Eilean nan tonn, a dh'àraich na suinn
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Island of the waves, which reared the heros
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'S a chuidich an Fhraing gu buaidh
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And who helped the French to victory
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Còmhla ri chéile togaibh sinn fonn
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All together we'll sing a song
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Air Eilean beag donn a' chuain
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About the little brown Island in the ocean
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