Gura mise tha fo eislean moch sa mhaduinn is mi g'eirigh O hi shiubhlainn leat Hi ri bho, ho rinn o ho Ailein Duin, o hi shiubhlainn leat Ma 's'en cluasag dhuit a ghaineamh Ma 'se leabaidh dhut an gheamainn   Ma 's en t-iasg do choinlean geala Ma 's na Righ do luchd-faire   M' achanaich gu Righ na cathrach Gun mi dhol an úir no'n anart Ach 'san áit' an deach thu Ailein.

How sorrowful I am Early in the morning rising O hi I would go with you Hi ri... Brown-haired Alan, o hi I would go with you If your pillow is the sand If your bed is the seaweed O hi Iwould go with you... If the fish are your bright candles If the seals are your watchmen O hi I would go with you... My prayer to the King on the throne That I will not go into the earth nor in linen But into the place you went, Alan O hi I would go with you...

The last verse does not quite fit in with the melody, but this is the way I found it written down. Maybe one has to exchange the "o hi shiubhlainn leat" with the last line...

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