SIOD MAR CHAIDH AN CÀL A DHOLAIDH

1-  CH is pronounced like the ‘ch’ in Bach.

2-  Some words, like the ‘mh’ of mhin, or the ‘bh’ of ‘gabhail’, sound

like a very tight ‘V’ sound, as if saying a V by starting with your lips together. But don’t try to make a B sound.
Any ‘v’ in the pronunciation guide that’s underlined should be this tight kind of V.
So ‘gabhail’ should sound like “gah-vel”, where the V is almost a B.

 

3-  The second word in verse 1and 2, “dhuinn” is pronounced “goin”, rhyming exactly with the English word “coin”.

 

 

Shid mar Kye an cal a golly

So mar chaidh an cal a dholaidh,
Shah mar Kye an cal a golly

Laidh a’ mhin air mas a’ choir-e’
Lie a vin-air, mass a CHoy-reh

S bean antighe dannsa
S-ben an-tie-eh down-sa.

VERSE 1

Lah-ha goin moo am na bwan-a

‘S cuideachd ghrinn de ghillean uallach;
Skoot-chuct grin jeh gill-yan oo-laCH

Suidhmu’n bhord ag ol na cuaiche.
Sooy-moon vord ack all nah koo-eeCH

An tighosd’ air Galldach.
An tie-ost air goll-doCH.

VERSE 2

Air goin graysh vee gah-vel or-ehn,

‘S tacan eil’ ri sgeulan gorach;
Stah-kan ail ree skale-an goor-aCH;

Chuir Rob Cam a’ phiob an ordugh,
Choor Rob Cam ah feep an or-duCH,

‘S thoisich chid ri dannsa.
Ss-hos-eech Kooch ree down-sa

Translation (paraphrased)