'Illean Bithibh Sunndach
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The second verse explains that the author is leaving Crinan, near Lochgilphead, to make a new life overseas. Again, vocabulary first:
| wild |
| mournful |
| livelihood |
| Crinan, the place where the song originates from |
The first two lines of the first verse express the singer’s sadnes:
| I am homesick, Leaving the Crinan |
The second verse continues with the author expressing his reason for leaving his land. It also hints at his hope of a better life in the new, though wild, land:
| Going to the wild country, To make a living (from the country) |
Now we are confident with the four lines, let’s put them all together:
| I am homesick, Leaving the Crinan, Going to the wild country, To make a living |
