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The Water Is Wide Siúil A Rún
   
Credits: Traditional; arranged by Mark Armstrong
   
Appears On: The Water Is Wide
   
Language: English & Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic)
   
Other Versions: "Siúil, A Rúin" on Anúna's album Invocation
"Siúl A Rún" on Mary Black's album Full Tide
"Siúil A Rún" on the Celtic Woman soundtrack
"Siúil A Rún" on Clannad's album Dúlamán
"Siúil A Rún" on Lisa Kelly's album Lisa
"Suil A Ruin" on the Lord Of The Dance soundtrack
"Johnny's Gone For A Soldier" on Solas' album Solas
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
I wish I was on yonder hill
'Tis there I'd sit and cry my fill
'Til every tear would turn a mill		  
   
I'll sell my rod, I'll sell my reel
I'll sell my only spinning wheel
To buy my love a sword of steel		  
   
Chorus:  
Siúil, siúil, siúil a rún Go, go, go, my love
Siúil go sochair agus siúil go ciúin Go quietly and go peacefully
Siúil go doras agus éalaigh liom Go to the door and fly with me
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán And may you go safely, my darling
   
I'll dye my petticoats, I'll dye them red
And 'round the world I'll beg my bread
Until my parents shall wish me dead		  
   
(Chorus)  
   
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
I wish I had my heart again
And vainly think I'd not complain		  
   
Siúil, siúil, siúil a rún Go, go, go, my love
Siúil go sochair agus siúil go ciúin Go quietly and go peacefully
Siúil go doras agus éalaigh liom Go to the door and fly with me
   
(Chorus)