Bonaparte
Capercaillie

O gu sunndach mi air m' astar,
Falbh gu siubhlach le bheag airtneul,
Do a chomhrag ri Bonaparte,
's e bha bagairt air Righ deors'.
Illean chridheil, bitheamaid sunndach,
Seasaibh onoir ur duthcha,
Fhad's a mhaireas luaidh is fudar,
De rud chuireadh curam oirnn?
Chan eil gealtachd nan gnuis-san,
Cha toir iad grunnd do luchd a' bhosd.

Luchd nan osan gearr 's nam feileadh,
Cota sgarlaid orr' mar eideadh;
Gum bu ghasd' iad an am eirigh -
's iad nach geilleadh an deidh an leon.

Ann am Bruxelles a chaidh innse
Gun robh Frangaich tigh'nn nam miltean:
's cha bhreug huam gur h-i an fhirinn,
's iomadh fear bhios sint' gun deo.

Nam biodh againn, mar bu dual dhuinn,
Lann Chinn-Ilich air ar gualainn,
Sgoilteamaid an cinn gun cluasan,
Gam bualadh le smuais nan dorn.

Bonaparte

I'm happy on my journey,
Travelling swiftly without flagging,
Heading off to do battle with Bonaparte,
He it was who threatened King George.

Brave lads, let's be merry,
Stand for the honour of your country,
As long as lead and powder last,
What could worry us?
Cowardice is not in their countenance,
They will never give ground to the boasters.

Men of the short hose and the kilts,
With their uniforms of scarlet coats;
Splendid they were in attack -
They would never yield though wounded.

In Brussels it was told
That the French were coming in their thousands:
I tell no lie but the truth,
Any a man will be stretched out without breath of life.

If we only had, as was hereditary to us,
The great broadsword with Islay-wrought hilt on our shoulders,
We'd split their heads to their ears,
Pounding them with the smashing of our fists.


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Lyrics by Capercaillie

  ic iain ic sheumais   'Ille Dhuinn Chaidh Tu'm Dhith (In Exile)   'S Fhada Leam An Oidhche Gheamhraidh   A Ghealaich   Aignish   Aignish (Translation)   Aiilein Duinn   Ailein Duinn   Ailein Duinn (Rob Roy Version with Translation)   Ailein Duinn [From Rob Roy]   Ailein Duinn [Rob Roy]   Alasdair Mhic Cholla Ghasda   Alasdair Mhic Colla   Alasdair Mhic Colla (Translation)   Am Buchaille   Am Mur Gorm   An Ataireachd Ard   An Eala Bhan   An Fhideag Airgid   An Fhideag Airgrid   An fhideag airigid (The silver whistle)   An Gille Ban   An Rhibhin Donn   An T-Iarla Diurach   Aodann Srath Bhàin   At the end of the night   Beautiful Wasteland   Both Sides the Tweed   Breisleach   Cape Breton Song   Chisholm Lament (translation)   Co Ni Mire Rium   Coisich a Ruin   Coisich A' Ruin   Coisich, a Rùin   Coisich, a Ruin   Crime of Passion   Crooked Mountain   Cumha Do Dh'uilleam Siosal   Cumha Do Dh'uilleam Soisal   Dean Cadalan Sàmhach   Dean Cadalan Samhach   Dean Sàor An Spiórad   Dean Saor An Spio, Rad   Early Morning Grey   Eilean A' Cheo   Evangeline   Fac thu na feidh   Fainne An Dochais   Fear / Allabain   Fear a Bhàta   Fear-Allabain   Finlay's   Fisherman's Dream   Fogsail An Dorus / Nighean Buhaidh' Ruadh   Fosgail An Dorus / Nighean Bhuidh'ruadh   Four Stone Walls   Gaol Troimh Aimsirean   Glen Orchy/Rory MacLeod   God's Alibi   Heart of the Highland   Hebridean Hale-Bopp   Hi Rim Bo   Hoireann O   I Feel The Winter Night Long (Translation)   Iain Ghlinn 'Cuaich   Iain Ghlinn' Cuaich   Lament For John ‘Garve’ MacLeod Of Raasay   Little Do They Know   M'ionam Air A' Ghille Bheag   Ma Theid Mise Tuilleagh   Maighdeanan Megaset   Maighdeanan Na H-airidh   Mi Le M' uilinn   Mile Marbhaisg (A Thousand Curses)   Milleadh Nam Braidhrean   Miracle Of Being   Move On   My Laggan Love/Fox on the Town   Nighean Dubh Nighean Donn   Nil Si I Ngra   Oh Mo Dhùthaich   Oh Mo Dhuthaich   Oh My Boatman (Translation)   Oh My Country (translation)   One more chance   Outlaws   Rann Na Mo, Na   Rapture   Rithill aill   S’Och A’ Dhomhnaill Oig Ghaolaich   Sardinia   Servant to the Slave   Shelter   Shieling Maids (Translation)   Skye Waulking Song   Sleep Softly, My Darling Beloved (Translation)   Soraidh Bhaum Gu Barraidh   Soraidh bhuam gu Barraidh   Stinging Rain   The Blue Rampart   The Crooked Mountain   The High Swelling Of The Sea (Translation)   The Miracle of Being   The Old Crone   The Price Of Fire   The Prince of Fire   The Tree   There's Always Sunday   Thiocfadh Leat Fanacht   Tighinn air a'mnuir an fear a phosas mi   To the Moon   Tobar Mhoire   Tobermory   Truth Calling   Waiting for the Wheel to Turn   When You Return   When You Return (widescreen mix)   Who Will Raise Their Voice?   Why Won't You Touch Me   You   You Will Rise Again

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