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Gaelic Waulking Song Group
Ili ili, ars' a' chailleach
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This is fun! We "stole" it from our friends in the Glasgow waulking group Bannal!
The original source is Rona Lightfoot of South Uist- it's on her CD "Eadarainn".
Ili ili ili ili ili ili ars� a� chailleach (3)
Icheam b� �cham b� hogaidh �  ars� am bodach.

��M p�s thu fh�in, �m p�s thu fh�in,
�M p�s thu fh�in�, ars� a� chailleach?
��M p�s thu fh�in, �m p�s thu fh�in,
�M p�s thu fh�in�, ars� a� chailleach?
�P�saidh mi, p�saidh mi, p�saidh mi�, ars� am bodach.

�C� �n t�, c� �n t�,
C� �n t�?� ars� a� chailleach.
�C� �n t�, c� �n t�,
C� �n t�?� ars� a� chailleach.
�Tha thu fh�in, tha thu fh�in,
Tha thu fh�in�, ars� am bodach.

�Cuin a thig thu, cuin a thig thu,
Cuin a thig thu?� ars� a� chailleach.
�Cuin a thig thu, cuin a thig thu,
Cuin a thig thu?� ars� a� chailleach.
�A�s a� mhionaid, a�s a� mhionaid,
A�s a� mhionaid�, ars� am bodach.
Ili ili ... said the old woman.
Icheam bo ... said the old man.


"Will you marry?"
said the old woman.


"I will, I will, I will,"
said the old man.

"Who's the woman?"
said the old woman.


"You are!"
said the old man.

" When can you get here?"
said the old woman.


"Right away!"
said the old man.
Cailleach
Bodach
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