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Sólas Owen's Boat
   
Credits: Traditional; arranged by Talitha MacKenzie, Iain McKinna & Dave Aitch
   
Appears On: Sólas
   
Language: English & Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic)
   
Other Versions: "Seallaibh Curraigh Eòghainn" on Mary Jane Lamond's album Làn Dùil
"Puirt A Beul" on Mairi MacInnes' album This Feeling Inside
"Seallaibh Curaigh Eóghainn" on Tannas' album Suilean Dubh
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
You're looking toward the horizon
Something there is blocking your vision
You're looking toward the horizon
Something there is blocking your vision
Maybe you've been blind
You couldn't see that
Friends may be unkind
Just to set you free
 
   
You've got your hand on the tiller
No control of wind and weather
You've got your hand on the tiller
No control of wind and weather
Don't wait for a sign
Of what's to be
You can hold the lines
Of your destiny, your destiny
Your destiny, your destiny
 
   
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
Is coig ramh fichead oirre With five and twenty oars on her
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
Is coig ramh fichead oirre With five and twenty oars on her
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
   
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
Bi Eoghainn na sgiobair oirr' It's Owen who'll be skipper on her
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
Bi Eoghainn na sgiobair oirr' It's Owen who'll be skipper on her
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
   
And when you feel that you're sinking
That's the time to sharpen your thinking
And when you feel that you're sinking
That's the time to sharpen your thinking
You've been undermined
And it may seem that
Help is not to find
But wait and see
 
   
And when you find you're on dry land
Rebuild your ship and put to sea again
And when you find you're on dry land
Rebuild your ship and put to sea again
There will come a time
When you will see that
What seemed such a crime
Was meant to be, was meant to be
Was meant to be, was meant to be
 
   
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
Is coig ramh fichead oirre With five and twenty oars on her
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
Is coig ramh fichead oirre With five and twenty oars on her
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
   
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
Bi Eoghainn na sgiobair oirr' It's Owen who'll be skipper on her
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
Bi Eoghainn na sgiobair oirr' It's Owen who'll be skipper on her
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
   
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
Is coig ramh fichead oirre With five and twenty oars on her
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
Is coig ramh fichead oirre With five and twenty oars on her
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
   
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
Bi Eoghainn na sgiobair oirr' It's Owen who'll be skipper on her
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
Bi Eoghainn na sgiobair oirr' It's Owen who'll be skipper on her
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
   
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
Is coig ramh fichead oirre With five and twenty oars on her
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
   
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
Bi Eoghainn na sgiobair oirr' It's Owen who'll be skipper on her
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
   
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
Is coig ramh fichead oirre With five and twenty oars on her
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
Is coig ramh fichead oirre With five and twenty oars on her
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
   
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
Bi Eoghainn na sgiobair oirr' It's Owen who'll be skipper on her
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
Bi Eoghainn na sgiobair oirr' It's Owen who'll be skipper on her
Bi Eoghainn, bi Eoghainn And it's Owen, it's Owen
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
   
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
Is coig ramh fichead oirre With five and twenty oars on her
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
Is coig ramh fichead oirre With five and twenty oars on her
Seallaibh curaigh Eoghainn Look at Owen's coracle
'S i seachad air a Rudha Bhan Passing by the White Point