Ailein Duinn ..Méav Ni Mhaolchatha.

LYRICS Gura mise tha fo èislean Moch sa mhaduinn is mi g`èirigh SEIST Ò hi shiùbhlainn leat Hi ri bhò hò ru bhi Hi ri bò hò rinn o ho Ailein Duinn, o hi shiùbhlainn leat Ma `s `en cluasag dhuit a ghaineamh Ma `s e leabaidh dhuit an gheamainn (seist) Ma `s en t-iasg do choinlean geala Ma `s e na róin do luchd- faire (seist) Dh ` g lainn deoch ge boil le càch e De dh`fhul de choim `s tu `n dèidh do bhathadh English How sorrowful I am Early in the morning rising Chorus (after each verse) O hi I would go with you Hi ri bhò hò ru bhi Hi ri bhò hò orinn o ho Brown haired Alan, I would go with you If your pillow is the sand If your bed is the seaweed chorus If the fish are your bright candles If the seals are your watchmen chorus I`d drink, though all abhor it Of your hearts blood after your drowning. (This was written by a young Scottish woman after her love was drowned at sea.)