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Chì mi, chì mi, chì mi thall ud |
I can see yonder into the distance |
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Chì mi na féidh air a' bhearradh |
I can see the deer at the edge of the precipice |
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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Hi rì him bò hill ò bha rò hò |
Hi rì him bò hill ò bha rò hò |
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Hi rì him bò hìrì ri ri ù |
Hi rì him bò hìrì ri ri ù |
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Hi rì him bo hill ò bha rò hò |
Hi rì him bo hill ò bha rò hò |
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Chì mi na féidh air a' bhearradh |
I can see the deer at the edge of the precipice |
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'S an giomanach fhéin nan deaghaidh |
And the hunter in their pursuit |
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'S an giomanach fhéin nan deaghaidh |
And the hunter in their pursuit |
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Le ghunna caol 's a mhial-choin sheanga |
With his slender barrelled gun and gaunt deer hounds |
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Le ghunna caol 's a mhial-choin sheanga |
With his slender barrelled gun and gaunt deer hounds |
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Dìreadh bheann 's a' teàrnadh ghleannan |
Climbing the mountains and descending the glens' slopes |
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Dìreadh bheann 's a' teàrnadh ghleannan |
Climbing the mountains and descending the glens' slopes |
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Dh'fhàg thu an damh donn gun anail |
You left the brown stag breathless |
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Dh'fhàg thu an damh donn gun anail |
You left the brown stag breathless |
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Anns a' fhraoch a' sileadh faladh |
In the heather, dripping blood |
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Anns a' fhraoch a' sileadh faladh |
In the heather, dripping blood |
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Bha do mhial-choin sgìth 'ga leanaid |
Your deerhounds were wearied by its pursuit |
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Bha do mhial-choin sgìth 'ga leanaid |
Your deerhounds were wearied by its pursuit |
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Bha na gillean sgìth 'ga tharraing |
The attendants were fatigued by its carrying |
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Bha na gillean sgìth 'ga tharraing |
The attendants were fatigued by its carrying |
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Bial an anmoich 'tighinn gu baile |
In the nightfall arriving home |
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Bial an anmoich 'tighinn gu baile |
In the nightfall arriving home |
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Far am faighte biadh gun ghainnead |
Where food was got without scarcity |
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Far am faighte biadh gun ghainnead |
Where food was got without scarcity |
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Òl 's ceòl 's òran thairis |
Drink and music and song |
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Òl 's ceòl 's òran thairis |
Drink and music and song |
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Tha sgeul ùr a' tighinn gu baile |
A new tale is arriving home |
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Tha sgeul ùr a' tighinn gu baile |
A new tale is arriving home |
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Chan e sgeul ùr a th'ann ach naidheachd |
It's not a new tale but news |
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Chan e sgeul ùr a th'ann ach naidheachd |
It's not a new tale but news |
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Gun do réitich mo chiad leannan |
That my first love has betrothed |
