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Ailein Duinn [Rob Roy]
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Capercaillie
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Ailein Duinn, o ho hi, shiubhlainn leat
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(Ailean Donn, o ho hi, I'd go with thee)
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Hi ri ri, ri u o, hi o hug hoireann o, Hi ri ri, etc.
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Ailein Duinn, o ho hi, shuibhlainn leat
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(Brown-haired Allan, o ho hi, I'd go with thee)
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'S bochd an nochd na bheil air m'aire
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(Tonight sad thoughts my mind are filling)
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Miad na sine, fuachd na gaillinn
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(The strength of the storm, the cold of th' tempest)
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Miad na sine, fuachd na gaillinn
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(The strength of th' storm, the cold of th' tempest)
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Dh'fhuadaicheadh na fir o' charraig
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(That drove the men from the shore's shelter)
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Dh'fhuadaicheadh na fir o' charraig
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(That drove the men from the shore's shelter)
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Chuireadh iad a' bhoid dha' aindeoin
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(Sent them on a voyage unwilling)
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Far an trom an laigh a' ghailleann
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(Where the gale blows so heavy)
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Cha b'e siod leam ar diol caladh
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('Twas not, I think, your choice of harbour)
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Ach Caolas Diadhair anns na Hearadh
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(Rather Diadhair Sound in Harris)
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Far am bi na feidh air bhearradh
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(Where the deer are on the hilltops)
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Dobhran donn is laogh breac ballach
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(Otter brown and fawn all spotted)
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Gura mise th'air mo leireadh
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Cha -e bas a' chruidh 'sa Cheitein
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No tainead mo bhuaile spreidhe
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Ach a fhlichead 's tha do leine
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'S tu bhith 'm barr nan tonn ag eirigh
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Mucan mar bhith 'gad reubadh
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Bhith 'gad ghearradh as a cheile
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Ailein Duinn, a laoigh mo cheilleadh
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Gura h-og a thug mi speis dhut
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Nuair a bha thu ' sgoil na Beurla
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Nuair a bha sinn ann le cheile
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Gum paigheadh Dia siod ri t'anam
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Mhiad 's a fhuair mi d' chuid gun cheannach
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Piosan caola geal' an anart
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Neapagain do ' t-sioda bhallach
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Thug thu fhein, a ghaoil, a Manainn
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Ailein Duinn, a mhiann nan leannan
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Chuala mi gun deach thu fairis
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Air a' bhata laidir dharaich
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Ma 's fhior siod, cha bhi mi fallain
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Gu la brach cha dian mi bainis
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M'iarrtas air Righ na Cathrach
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Gun mo chur an uir no ' gaineamh
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An talamh toll no ' aite daingeann
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'N seombar cuil no ' aite daingeann
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Ach 'sa bhall am b thu, Ailein
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'S truagh, a Righ ! nach mi bha ' laimh riut
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Ge be bagh no sgeir an traigh thu
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Ge be tiurr am fag an lan thu
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'S cul do chinn air bhac mo laimhe
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Do chul dualach, cuachach, fainneach
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Dh'olainn deoch, ge b'oil le cach e
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Cha b'ann do bhurn no do shaile
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No do dh'fhion dearg na Spainte
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Ach fuil do chuim 's tu ' deidh do bhathadh
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Gura buidhe nochd dha d' mhathair
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Bho nach 'eil thu beo 's tu baite
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Ailein Duinn, o ho hi, shiubhlainn leat
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Hi ri ri, ri u o, hi o hug hoir o
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Ailein Duinn, o ho hi shiubhlainn leat
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Truly I am sore tormented
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Not by death of stock in springtime
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Nor by th' fewness of my cattle
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But by thy clothing's dampness
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And that thou art on wavetop floating
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While sea monsters rend thy body
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And are tearing thee asunder
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Ailean Donn, king of my senses
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Young I was when first I lov'd thee
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When you were getting English schooling
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When we were in school together
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May God repay thy soul, I'm praying
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What of thy own store thou gav'st me
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Silver shinings, wrapped in linen
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Speckled tablecloths, all silken
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Which you brought from Manann's Island
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Ailean Donn, my chosen sweetheart
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I did hear that you went over
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On the vessel, strong and oaken
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If 'tis true, I'll not recover
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Till Doomsday I'll have no wedding
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I pray unto the King of Heaven
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In earth or sand I'll not be buried
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Nor in quagmire or place of hiding
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Nor in back-room, nor in stronghold
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But the spot where thou art, Ailean
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Alas, O God, I was not beside thee
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Whatever bay or rock thou'lt come on
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Whatever tide-mark the flood will leave thee
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Thy head in my hand-palm cradled
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With curling, flowing hair in ringlets
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I'd drink, though all abhor it
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Not of the sea, nor of fresh water
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Nor of the red Spanish claret
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But thy heart's blood, after thy drowning
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Thanks tonight unto thy mother
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Since thou art drowned and liv'st no longer
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