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AM BATA UAINE -"THE GREEN BOAT" sung in Scots Gaelic by Fiona J MacKenzie, from the 2011 release, ORAN NAN ROSACH, Fiona is accompanied by some of Ross-shire’s premier singers and musicians including; Julie Fowlis , Eamon Doorley, Lauren MacColl, Carol-Ann Mackay, Katie Mackenzie, Jim Gaitens and Alpin Stewart. from the 2011 release, ORAN NAN ROSACH.

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AM BATA UAINE ( THE GREEN BOAT)

Tha mi'g radh 's bidh m'g ra'dh ~ I do say and I shall say
Th mi'g radh bho chin fhada ~ I have said so long ago
Gum bheil m Bat uaine luath ~ That the Green boat is speedy
's I mar mhial-chu ar astar ~ Like a Greyhound at full tilt

Nuair a dh'fheuch sinn ris a Rubh Mhor~When we set sail for Rhu Mor
Bha sruth gu lios air a h-amhaich~The tide was hard at her bow
Ruith seachd mile san uair ~ Doing seven miles an hour
Cheart cho luath ro caol-reithir~Just as fast as a Greyhound

Bha sligean a chuain ~ The spray from the ocean
A dol suasm'a cuid shlaitean ~ arose through her spars
Bha na tonnan liobach gorm ~ The waves were blue and pursing
Cnocach, orb, gan cuir seachadh~Rugged, fierce and crashing by

Nuair shuidh mi air an stiuir~When I sat beside the tiller
Bha a cursa air a bhanca~Her course was for the bank
Gaoth'n iar-dheas bha I ro mhor~A gale from the south west
Fear roimh'n t-seol 's aig a thaillard~A man at the sail and halyard

Cuiridh mise I mun cuairt~I shall bring her around
Nuair a bhuannaicheas u'm Meallan~When she reaches the Meallan
Bith a'clihaich eile foipe~Her other side will go down
Agus cronan fo h`aisne~with a roar from her ribs

Seo am bata gleusda~ This is a sophisticated boat
Ni I feum anns a chathadh~She'll do well in the sea drift
Theid I choinnich nan tonn~she will meet the waves
Cheart cho sunnadch ri eala~just as smoothly as the swan

Tha mi doldh'Ameiriga an drasd'~Now I'll away to America
Dh'fheuchainn ris a Yankee~ to take on the Yankee
Gus an toir mi bhuaithe a'chup~ to relieve her of the cup
Nach do bhuannaich ant_Shamrock~which the Shamrock failed to win

S'ann n sin a bhios an uair~That will be the time
Nuair a bhuannaicheas Ali~ when Ali prevails
Bi tein'athar air an cur suas~ fireworks will go up
Ann an Albainn, Eirinn, Sasuinn~In Scotland, Ireland and England