Lyrics of Chuir Iad An T-Suil A Pilot Ban - Karen Matheson

Chuir Iad An T-Suil A Pilot Ban (original)

Chuir iad an t-sùil à Pilot bàn,
Chuir iad an t-sùil à Pilot;
Chuir iad an t-sùil à Pilot bochd,
‘S gun fhios ciod an lochd a rinn e.
Dìol mo chuid mulan aig mucan a' chùbair,
Chuir iad ‘n .an smùid an raoir iad
‘S beag a bha fhios a’m gu’n robh iad ‘s an dùthaich
Fhad ‘s a bha ‘n t-sùil am Pilot.
Ghleidheadh e dhomhsa ‘n gàradh-càil,
Gu là bho’n chromadh an duibhire
Policeman riamh cha robh aig na Goill
Cho math ris air faireadh na h-oidhche.
Ged thèìd mi do m' leaba cha’n fhaigh mi loc cadail,
Le balaich a' bhaile ‘s an oidhche;
Ach dh’fhaodadh na suirichean fuireach aig baile,
Mur dalladh a' chaile mo Philot.
Saoil sibh fhèine nach bu neo-bhanail,
Am buill thug a' chaile le foill dha
Gur mairg gill' òg ‘g an leannan a' bhèisd,
Bho’n chuir i bho fheum mo Philot.
Chuir mi petition a dh’ionnsaidh na ban-righ'nn,
a dh' innseadh mar thachair do m’Pilot.
Thuirt i gu’n cuireadh i gini ‘am dhorn
a chuireadh suil oir ‘am Pilot.

(translation)

They put the eye out of a blank Pilot,
They put the eye out of Pilot;
They cast the eye out of poor Pilot,
It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.
Selling my haystacks to the cooper's pigs,
They smoked last night
Little did I know they were in the country
While the Pilot was watching.
He would keep the cabbage garden for me,
Until the day of the dark
The Lowlanders never had a policeman
As well as watching the night.
Even if I go to bed I can't find a sleeping bag,
With the boys of the city at night;
But the suitors could stay at home,
If the girl does not blind my Pilot.
You yourselves think it was not unseemly,
The members deceived the girl
Woe to the young lad who loves the beast,
Since it deactivated my Pilot.
I have petitioned the queen,
to tell me what happened to my Pilot.
She said she would put a guinea in her fist
which was expected because ‘the Pilot.