Siuil a Run
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This is a traditional song, one of the "tear your heart out" variety, about a young girl and her Wild Geese who's off to war.
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I wish I was on yonder hill
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'Tis there I'd sit and cry my fill,
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And every tear would turn a mill,
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Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan
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[chorus]
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Siuil, siuil, siul a run,
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Siuil go sochair agus siuil go ciuin
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Siuil go doras agus ealaigh lion
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Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan
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I'll sell my rod, I'll sell my reel,
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I'll sell my only spinning wheel,
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To buy my love a sword of steel
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Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan.
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[chorus]
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I'll dye my petticoats, I'll dye them red,
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And 'round the world I'll beg my bread,
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Until my parents shall wish me dead,
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Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan.
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[chorus]
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But now my love has gone to France,
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To try his fortune to advance;
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If he e'er comes back, 'tis but a chance,
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Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan
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[chorus]
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I wish, I wish, I wish in vain,
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I wish I had my heart again,
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And vainly think I'd not complain,
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Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan
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[chorus]
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Translation :
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Walk, walk, walk, O love,
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Walk quickly to me, softly move;
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Walk to the door, and away we'll flee,
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And safe may my darling be.
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I wish I was on yonder hill
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'Tis there I'd sit and cry my fill,
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And every tear would turn a mill,
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Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn.
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Chorus (in phonetic Gaelic)
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Shule, shule, shule aroon,
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Shule go succir agus, shule go kewn,
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Shule go durrus oggus aylig lume,
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Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn.
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Siuil a Run
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