| Gura mise tha fo éislean | |
| Moch sa mhaduinn is mi g'éirigh | |
| Sèist: Ò hì shiùbhlainn leat | |
| Hì ri bhò hò ru bhì | |
| Hì ri bhò hò rinn o ho | |
| Ailein Duinn, ò hì shiùbhlainn leat | |
| Translation | |
| How sorrowful I am | |
| Early in the morning rising | |
| Chorus (after each verse): Ò hì, I would go with thee | |
| Hì ri bhò hò ru bhì | |
| Hì ri bhò hò rinn o ho | |
| Brown-haired Alan, ò hì, I would go with thee | |
| (repeated several times) |
| Gura mise tha fo e islean | |
| Moch sa mhaduinn is mi g'e irigh | |
| Se ist: Ò hi shiu bhlainn leat | |
| Hi ri bho ho ru bhi | |
| Hi ri bho ho rinn o ho | |
| Ailein Duinn, o hi shiu bhlainn leat | |
| Translation | |
| How sorrowful I am | |
| Early in the morning rising | |
| Chorus after each verse: Ò hi, I would go with thee | |
| Hi ri bho ho ru bhi | |
| Hi ri bho ho rinn o ho | |
| Brownhaired Alan, o hi, I would go with thee | |
| repeated several times |
| Gura mise tha fo é islean | |
| Moch sa mhaduinn is mi g'é irigh | |
| Sè ist: Ò hì shiù bhlainn leat | |
| Hì ri bhò hò ru bhì | |
| Hì ri bhò hò rinn o ho | |
| Ailein Duinn, ò hì shiù bhlainn leat | |
| Translation | |
| How sorrowful I am | |
| Early in the morning rising | |
| Chorus after each verse: Ò hì, I would go with thee | |
| Hì ri bhò hò ru bhì | |
| Hì ri bhò hò rinn o ho | |
| Brownhaired Alan, ò hì, I would go with thee | |
| repeated several times |