Ho Ro Mo Nighean Donn Bhoidheach Lyrics - Rankin Family

A Charming love song to a highland maiden in which her lover vows 

to return and reclaim ber to share his life of exile in the lowlands. 

Seisd (Chorus) 

Ho ro, mo nigh'n donn bhoidheach, 

Hi ri, mo nigh'n donn bhoidhech 

Mo chaileag laghach, bhoidheach, 

Cha phos mi ach tu 

A Pheigi dhonn nam bla h-shul 

Gur trom a thug mi gradh dhuit 

Tha d'iomhaigh ghaoil a's d'ailleachd 

A ghna h tigh'n fo m'uidh 

Chorus 

'S ann tha mo ru's na beanntaibh, 

Far bheil mo ribhinn ghreannar 

Mar ros am fasach Shamhraidh 

An gleann fad'o shuil. 

Chorus 

Ach 'n uair a thig an Samradh 

Bheir mise sgriob do 'n ghleann ud 

'S gun tog mi leam do 'n Ghaildachd 

Gu h-annsail am flur 

Chorus 

Tramp Miner 

I am a tramp miner 

I've been for some time now 

I live without light of the day 

In the black underground, that's 

where I'll be found 

Biding my time away 

Oh working my life away 

From here out to Timmins 

I've loved all your women 

In the taverns I drank down my pay 

But I'd do it again even 

though it's a sin 

For it's better that driving the raise 

If you've done it you'd know what I say 

So I'll roll, roll with the wind 

Roll, roll with the wind 

Roll, roll with the time and the wind 

Then I'll find my way back home again 

Homesickness, heartbreak and black lung 

Among these men run rampant 

As they're rockin' n' rollin' 

High ballin' this country today 

I've been a tramp miner for such a long time now 

I've lived without light of the day 

In a hole in the ground 

They'll lower me down 

That'll be my final pay 

For working my life away 

So I'll roll, roll with the wind 

Roll, roll with the wind 

Roll, roll with the time and the wind 

Then I'll find my way back home again 

Roll, roll with the wind 

So I'll roll, roll with the wind 

Roll, roll with the wind 

Roll, roll with the time and the wind 

Then I'll find my way back home again 

Carry me back home again