Lyrics of Coisich a Ruin - Capercaillie

Coisich a Ruin (original)

Coisich, a rùin, hù il oro
Cum do ghealdadh rium, o hi ibh o
Beir soraidh bhuam, hù il oro
Dha na Hearadh, boch orainn o
Beir soraidh bhuam, hù il oro
Dha na Hearadh, o hi ibh o
Gu Seon Caimbeul, hù il oro
Donn mo leannan, boch orainn o
Gu Seon Caimbeul, hù il oro
Donn mo leannan, o hi ibh o
Sealgair geòidh, hù il oro
Ròin is eala, boch orainn o
Sealgair geòidh, hù il oro
Ròin is eala, o hi ibh o
Bhric a ní leum, hù il oro
'N fhèidh ri langan, boch orainn o
'S fliuch an oidhche, hù il oro
Nochd’s gur fuar i, o hi ibh o
Ma thug Clann Nìll, hù il oro
Druim a' chuain orr', boch orainn o
Ma thug Clann Nìll, hù il oro
Druim a' chuain orr', o hi ibh o
Luchd nan seòl àrd, hù il oro
'S nan long luatha, boch orainn o
Luchd nan seòl àrd, hù il oro
'S nan long luatha, o hi ibh o
'S nam brataichean, hù il oro
Gorm is uaine, boch orainn o
'S nam brataichean, hù il oro
Gorm is uaine, o hi ibh o
Cha b’fhear cearraig, hù il oro
Bheireadh bhuat i, boch orainn o

(translation)

Walk, my love, hù il oro
Keep your promise to me, o hi ibh o
Take farewell from me, hù il oro
To Harris, poor us o
Take farewell from me, hù il oro
To Harris, o hi ibh o
To John Campbell, hù il oro
Brown my love, poor us o
To John Campbell, hù il oro
Brown my love, o hi ibh o
Goose hunter, hù il oro
Seals and swans, boch orainn o
Goose hunter, hù il oro
Seals and swans, o hi ibh o
Trout that will not jump, hù il oro
The roaring deer, boch orainn o
The night is wet, hù il oro
Nochd’s gur fuar i, o hi ibh o
If Clann Nìll did, hù il oro
On the back of the ocean, boch orainn o
If Clann Nìll did, hù il oro
On the back of the ocean, o hi ibh o
High sailors, hù il oro
And in the swift ships, boch orainn o
High sailors, hù il oro
And in the swift ships, o hi ibh o
And in the flags, hù il oro
Blue and green, boch orainn o
And in the flags, hù il oro
Blue and green, o hi ibh o
Hù il oro
She would take it from you, poor us o