Calin mo ruin-sa    (midi)

 

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1. Dearest my own one, o won’t you be mine,

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    full of devotion so modest and kind,

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    my heart’s full of longing, and yearning for you,

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    come close to me darling, you know I’ll be true.

 

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Calin mo ruin-sa, lennin mo gri,

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erin mo creashla a vespa mo gine.

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Ya mincha an tolis, a she be no wan,

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mo Calin mo ruin-sa, lennin mor rye.

 

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2. Do you remember that moment of bliss,

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    so fondly embracing, the thrill of a kiss.

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    Since then you are mine dear, the choice of my heart,

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    my troth then I give you, that we’ll never part.       + CHORUS

 

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3. How charming you were dear, when first in the glen,

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    I made your acquaintance, and ever since then

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    without you I am lonely, none other will do,

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    those brown eyes enchant me, it had to be you.   

 

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+  CHORUS      + Mo Calin mo ruin-sa, lennin mor rye.

 

    (Scot. trad. song)