Méav
"Ailein Duinn"
(Theme From Rob Roy)
Gura mise tha fo éislean (How sorrowful I am)
Moch sa mhaduinn is mi g'éirigh (Early in the morning rising)
Chorus (after each verse):
Ò hì shiùbhlainn leat (Ò hì, I would go with you)
Hì ri bhò hò ru bhì (Hì ri bhò hò ru bhì)
Hì ri bhò hò rinn o ho (Hì ri bhò hò rinn o ho)
Ailein Duinn, ò hì shiùbhlainn leat (Brown-haired Alan, ò hì, I would go with
you)
Ma 's'en cluasag dhuit a ghaineamh (If your pillow is the sand)
Ma 'se leabaidh dhut an gheamainn (If your bed is the seaweed)
Ma 's en t-iasg do choinlean geala (If the fish are your bright candles)
Ma 's e na ròin do luchd-faire (If the seals are your watchmen)
Dh'òlainn deoch ge boil le càch e (I'd drink, though all abhor it)
De dh'fhuil do choim 's tu 'n déidh do bhathadh (Of your heart's blood after