Rankin Family Ho Ro Mo Nighean Donn Bhoidheach Nut Brown Maiden lyrics

A Charming love song to a highland maiden in which her lover vows
to return and reclaim ber to share his life of exile in the lowlands.

Seisd (Chorus)

Ho ro, mo nigh`n donn bhoidheach,
Hi ri, mo nigh`n donn bhoidhech
Mo chaileag laghach, bhoidheach,
Cha phos mi ach tu

A Pheigi dhonn nam bla h-shul
Gur trom a thug mi gradh dhuit
Tha d`iomhaigh ghaoil a`s d`ailleachd
A ghna h tigh`n fo m`uidh

Chorus

`S ann tha mo ru`s na beanntaibh,
Far bheil mo ribhinn ghreannar
Mar ros am fasach Shamhraidh
An gleann fad`o shuil.

Chorus

Ach `n uair a thig an Samradh
Bheir mise sgriob do `n ghleann ud
`S gun tog mi leam do `n Ghaildachd
Gu h-annsail am flur

Chorus

Tramp Miner

I am a tramp miner
I`ve been for some time now
I live without light of the day
In the black underground, that`s
where I`ll be found
Biding my time away
Oh working my life away

From here out to Timmins
I`ve loved all your women
In the taverns I drank down my pay
But I`d do it again even
though it`s a sin
For it`s better that driving the raise
If you`ve done it you`d know what I say

So I`ll roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the time and the wind
Then I`ll find my way back home again

Homesickness, heartbreak and black lung
Among these men run rampant
As they`re rockin` n` rollin`
High ballin` this country today

I`ve been a tramp miner for such a long time now
I`ve lived without light of the day
In a hole in the ground
They`ll lower me down
That`ll be my final pay
For working my life away

So I`ll roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the time and the wind
Then I`ll find my way back home again

Roll, roll with the wind

So I`ll roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the time and the wind
Then I`ll find my way back home again


Carry me back home again