Gaelic Song Lyrics - words for some top Scottish songs

A phithrag 's a phiuthar

A phithrag 's a phiuthar, hu ru
Ghaoil a phiuthar, hu ru
Nach truagh leat fhin, ho ho ill eo
Nochd mo chumha, hu ru
Nach truagh leat fhin, hu ru
Nochd mo chumha, hu ru
Mi'm bothan beag, ho ho ill eo
seal cumhag, hu ru
Mi'm bothan beag, hu ru
seal cumhag, hu ru
Gun sgrath dhon, ho ho ill eo
Gun lb tughaidh, hu ru
Gun sgrath dhon air, hu ru
Gun lb tughaidh hu ru, hu ru
Ach uisge nam beann, ho ho ill eo
Sos 'na shruth leis, hu ru
Ach uisge nam beann, hu ru
Sos 'na shruth leis, hu ru
Habhal mhr, ho ho ill eo
Nan each dhriumfhionn, hu ru

Translation into English

Little sister, sister
Little sister, sister
Beloved sister
Do you not pity
My grief tonight
Do you not pity
My grief tonight
In a little hut I am
Low and narrow
In a little hut I am
Low and narrow With no protection
and no thatching
With no protection
and no thatching
But the rain from the hills
streaming into it
But the rain from the hills
Streaming into it
Mighty Heaval
with the white-maned horses

Gaelic Song Lyrics

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