Chorus
Tha toll air a’ bhàta mhòr, tha toll air a’ bhirlinn,
Tha toll air a’ bhàta mhòr, ʼs cha chàirich na saoir i.
Tha toll air a’ bhàta mhòr, tha toll air a’ bhirlinn,
Tha toll air a’ bhàta mhòr, ʼs cha chàirich na saoir i.
Tha aon oirr’, tha dhà oirr’, tha dhà oirr’,
tha trì oirr’
Tha ceithir oirr’, tha coig oirr’, ʼs cha mhòr nach eil naoi
oirr’.
Tha aon oirr’, tha dhà oirr’, tha dhà oirr’, tha trì oirr’
Tha ceithir oirr’, tha coig oirr’, ʼs cha mhòr nach eil naoi
oirr’.
Mur dèan saor a càradh ni ‘n ceàrd dhomh
le staoin e,
Is dubhaidh mi le teàrr i, ʼS cha dèan clàr dhi aoidion.
Mur dean saor a càradh ni ‘n ceàrd dhomh le staoin e,
Is dubhaidh mi le tearr i, ʼS cha dèan clàr dhi aoidion. |
Chorus
There’s a hole in the big boat, there’s a hole in the galley,
There’s a hole in the big boat, and the carpenters won’t mend
it.
There’s a hole in the big boat, there’s a hole in the galley,
There’s a hole in the big boat, and the carpenters won’t mend
it.There is one in it, there are
two in it, there are two in it, there are three in it
There are four in it, there are five in it, there are nearly
nine in it.
There is one in it, there are two in it, there are two in it,
there are three in it
There are four in it, there are five in it, there are nearly
nine in it.
Before a carpenter made the repair, the
tinker did it for me with tin,
And I blackened it with tar, And it did not disguise the leak.
Before the carpenter made the repair, the tinker did it for me
with tin,
And I blackened it with tar, And it did not disguise the leak. |
