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Sìoda Chì Mi'n Toman
   
Credits: Traditional; arranged by Ishbel MacAskill & Blair Douglas
   
Appears On: Sìoda; Gaelic Scotland (compilation)
   
Language: Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic)
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
Chì mi'n toman caorann cuileann I see the hillock of the rowan and holly
Chì mi'n toman caorann thall I see the hillock of the rowan and yonder
Chì mi'n toman caorann cuileann I see the hillock of the rowan and holly
Laogh mo chèil' air uilinn ann And my beloved resting on his elbow there
   
Cha tèid mise 'chrò nan caorach I'll not go to the sheep fold
Cha tèid mise 'chrò nan uan I'll not go to the lamb fold
Cha tèid mise 'chrò nan laoighean I'll not go to the calf fold
O nach eil mo ghaol ud ann Since my love is not there
   
Chì mi mo thriùir bhraithrean seachad I see my three brothers passing
Air an loma luath In a great rush
Sgeinean beag air bhàrr an uilinn Small knives in the crooks of their arms
Fuil mo ghaoil a'sileadh uap' And my love's blood dripping from them
   
Ach nam b'aithne dhòmhs' an rathad But if I knew the road
Gu bean-taighe an fhuilt bhàin To the fair-haired woman's house
Dh'innseadh i mu èirigh grèine She would tell before sunrise
Nach b'e fuil an fhèidh a bh'ann That it was not the blood of the deer
   
Chì mi'n toman caorann cuileann I see the hillock of the rowan and holly
Chì mi'n toman caorann thall I see the hillock of the rowan and yonder
Chì mi'n toman caorann cuileann I see the hillock of the rowan and holly
Laogh mo chèil' air uilinn ann And my beloved resting on his elbow there