Caolas Eadar Mi Is Iain [‘Twixt Ian And Me’s A Stretch Of Water] (Scottish Folk Song)
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Caolas Eadar Mi Is Iain [‘Twixt Ian And Me’s A Stretch Of Water] (Scottish Folk Song)

Caolas eadar mi is Iain
Ho ri ri ‘s na hao ri e ho
Cha chaol a th’ann ach cuan domhaim
Hao ri ri ri i ibh o / O na hao ri o hao ri e ho

’S truagh nach traghadh e ro’latha
’S nach biodh ann ach loch no abhainn

’S truagh nach robh mi ‘s an t-og gasda
Mullach beinne guirme caise

’S gun duine beo bhith tighinn faisg oirnn
Ach mar gum posamaid fo’n altair

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’Twixt Ian and me’s a stretch of water
Ho ri ri ‘s na hao ri e ho
No narrow strait, but a might sea
Hao ri ri ri i ibh o / O na hao ri o hao ri e ho

If only ‘twould dry before to-morrow
And only be a lake or river

If I could be with that fine fellow
Upon the top of a steep green mountain

No living soul would near us be coming
As if we’d married before the altar

Words and tune from Folk Songs of Britain and Ireland, edited by Peter Kennedy. Sequenced by Tom Connole.
caolas.htm 3/31/07