| Dheanainn súgradh ris an nigh’n dubh
| I would play with the black girl
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| 'N deidh dhomb éirigh as a 'mhadainn
| After I got up in the morning
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| Dheanainn súgradh ris an nigh’n dubh
| I would play with the black girl
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| Dheanainn súgradh ris a' ghruagaich
| I would play with the girl
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| Nuair a bhiodh a' sluagh nan cadal
| When the people were asleep
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| Dheanainn súgradh ris an am dúsgadh
| I would play with it when I woke up
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| 'N am na siúil a bhith 'gham pasgadh
| When I walk I fold
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| Di-Luain an déidh Di-Domhnaich
| Monday after Sunday
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| Dh’fhalbh sinn le Seònaid a Arcaibh
| We went with Janet to Orkney
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| Bha muir gorm a’ruith fo cuinnlein
| A blue sea ran under the nostrils
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| 'S i cur still a grunnd an aigeil
| It is stillness at the bottom of the sea
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| Riof 'gha ceangal 's riof 'gha fuasgladh
| I'm going to connect it and I'm going to solve it
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| Muir ma guallain fuaim is fead oirr
| A sea of sound and sound on you
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| Null ma Chaolas na Ròimh
| Null if Rome Strait
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| B’fheudar dhuinn am bòm a leaiseadh
| We had to repair the bomb
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| Null ma Chaolas na Fraing
| Null if French Channel
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| Maide 'na làimh 's gaoth 'gha greasad
| A stick in his hand and the wind rushing him
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| Gu 'm bithidh buill nach feum a splaghsáil
| That there will be members who do not need to be splashed
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| Ar mo mhaighdean as a thigh’n dhachaidh
| Our virgin from home
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| Dh’fheumadh pòrsan thigh’n a búth dhith
| She had to marry a house in her shop
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| Ged a bhiodh e crún an cairteal
| Although it would be the crown of the quartet
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| Ged a bhiodh e crún an óirleach
| Even if it was the crown of gold
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| Dh’fheumadh pòrsan dheth thigh’n dhachaidh | He had to marry off at home |