O 'ILLEAN BITHIBH SUNNDACH (Scottish Gaelic) Sèist O 'illean bithibh sunndach A-null air a bhòidse, A' fàgail ar dùthcha 'S gun dùil ri tighinn beo innt'. O ' illean bithibh sunndach A-null air a bhòidse. 1. Gur mise tha fo ghruaimean Bhith dol a shiubhal chuantan, 'S i soitheach dubh a' ghuail Tha 'gam fhuadach thar m' eòlas. 2. Tha sinn dol dh' Aimeireaga Far nach bi curam eil' oirnn' Cho fad's a mhaireas coille dhuinn An eilean Nòbha Scòtia. 3. 'Illean cridheil togarrach A nì an t-òl 's nach obadh e, 'S ann an Tobar Mhoire Nì sinn coinneamh 's an tigh-òsta. 4. An gleann a' bharraich uaine 'S an lag am biodh an luachair, Far 'm bi crodh-laoigh air bhuaile 'S na gruagaichean dol fòdhpa. 5. Tha sinn dol Cheap Breatainn Gu taobh na h-abhainn Mhira, Far am bi na smeòraich A' seinn ruinn fad an t-samhraidh. | BOYS BE IN GOOD SPIRITS Chorus Boys be in good spirits Across on the voyage, Leaving our country Without hope of returning alive. Boys be in good spirits Across on the voyage. 1. I am despondent To be about to travel oceans; It is the black coal-fired vessel That is banishing me from familiar territory. 2. We are going to America, Where we shall have no more worry As long as forests remain for us In the isle of Nova Scotia. 3. Hearty enthusiastic lads Who can take a drink and not refuse one, It's in Tobermory That we shall meet in the pub. 4. In the glen of the green branches, In the hollow of the rushes, Where dairy cows are in the fold Being milked by young maidens. 5. We are going to Cape Breton, Beside the Mira River Where the thrushes will sing for us All summer long. |