(translation) Who Will Have Fun With Me? Lyrics by Mouth Music
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O hoireann o, who will hav fun with me?Who will flirt with me, who will be nice to me?Who will, unless the young men will?One day, I took off into the mountain moorsI came across a nice young lassI went over and got her to talk with meAnd I asked her what her surname wasShe said, " I'm a Chisholm"And I told her that that was my clanShe said to me, "I'll have noting to do with you;I prefer MacLeansAnd a MacDonald will be coming to see me."from Mary Morrison (Barra), School of Scottish Studies archive recording; Hebridean FolkSongs, Vol. III, Waulking songs from Vatersay, Barra, Souith Uist, Eriskay and Benbecula.After the vigourous process of waulking tweed, young girls would often tease each otherthroughimpromptu 'clapping songs', in which the lead singer would hint of the love interests ofwome ofthe other girls.
O hoireann o, who will hav fun with me?Who will flirt with me, who will be nice to me?Who will, unless the young men will?One day, I took off into the mountain moorsI came across a nice young lassI went over and got her to talk with meAnd I asked her what her surname wasShe said, " I'm a Chisholm"And I told her that that was my clanShe said to me, "I'll have noting to do with you;I prefer MacLeansAnd a MacDonald will be coming to see me."from Mary Morrison (Barra), School of Scottish Studies archive recording; Hebridean FolkSongs, Vol. III, Waulking songs from Vatersay, Barra, Souith Uist, Eriskay and Benbecula.After the vigourous process of waulking tweed, young girls would often tease each otherthroughimpromptu 'clapping songs', in which the lead singer would hint of the love interests ofwome ofthe other girls.