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English Translation
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Ruith sa mhonadh, ruith nam beann
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Freedom of the moor, freedom of the hill
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'S mar sin dhan sgoil aig deireadh samhraidh
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And from there to school at the end of a summer
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Nar clann aig coig bliadhna dh'aois
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Children five years of age
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Gun facal Beurla nar ceann
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Without one word of the English language
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"Seo do leabhar, seo do pheann
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"Here is your book, here is your pen
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Dean do leasan," thuirt iad riumsa
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Study hard," they said to me
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"'S gun èirich sibh suas anns an t-saoghal
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"And you will rise up in the world
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'S gheibh sinn air adhart ann"
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You will achieve"
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Sèist
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Chorus
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Fichead bliadhn' airson fìrinn
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Twenty years for the truth
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B'fheudar dhomh feithreamh, b'fheudar dhomh lorg
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I had to wait, I had to search
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Fichead bliadhn' de bhriagan
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Twenty years of deceit
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Thug iad eachdraidh air falbh bhuainn
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Denied a knowledge of myself
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Dh' ionnsaich sinn a leithid ann
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We learned many things
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Cànan 's bàrdachd, bàrdachd Bheurla
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The language and the poetry of England
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Ceòl na Ghearmailt, eachdraidh na Spainnt
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The music of Germany, the history of Spain
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'S b' e sin an eachdraidh mheallt
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And even that was a misleading history
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Bhon sgoil don oilthaigh chaidh sinn ann
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Then from school on to university
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A' leantal foghlam, tuilleadh foghlam
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Following education, more education
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Mar amadan air deireadh streang
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Like puppets on the end of a string
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Seorsa de dh'fhoghlam nam cheann
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Our heads were filled with a sort of learning
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(Sèist)
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(Chorus)
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Ach dh'èirich mi suas anns an t-saoghal
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And I did rise up in the world
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Fhuair mu deise 's fhuair mi lèine
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I got my suit, I got my shirt
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Fhuair mi àit' ann an sùilean dhaoin'
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I found a place in the eyes of men
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Fada bhon mhonadh mi 'n dràsd
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A long way from the moor now
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Carson a chum iad eachdraidh bhuainn?
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But why did they keep our history from us?
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Innsidh mi dhut, tha iad gealltach
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I'll tell you, they were frightened
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Mas eirich clan nan Gàidheal suas
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In case the children wakened up
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Le ceistean sireach is cruaidh
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With searching and penetrating questions
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Nuair a thòisich mi air lorg
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When I started searching
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Cha do chreid mi mo shuilean, obair olc
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I could not believe my eyes, dark deeds
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Fichead bliadhn', fichead bliadhn'
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Twenty years, twenty years
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Fichead bliadhn' 's mi aineolach
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Twenty years and I have not been informed
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Fichead bliadhn'
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Twenty years
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