Bab�  mo leanabh, Bab� , bab� .
Bab�  mo leanabh, Bab� , bab� .
Faill �¬ faill �³ Faill �©ill o-ro-ho,
Gu'n till na feara a db'fhalbb thar s� il

(Translation:
Sleep my child! Sleep, oh, sleep!
And may the men return who have gone over the sea!)


Source: One Hundred Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland


Notes:

Taken down from Mrs Boog Watson, Edinburgh, 1898 by Frances Tolmie.

Database entry is here.



Edited By dmcg - 15-Sep-2003 09:13:43 AM