Hi Horò 's Na Horo Eile
The Story:
Is a love song composed by John Maclean ofTiree (1827 - 1895) also known as the Balemartine bard. He composed it specifically for a Mary Macdonald but under the guise of a love song for her husband. A variation of this tune was recorded by Malcolm Angus Macleod of Cape Breton but I first heard it sung by Mary Smith of the Isle of Lewis.

Nuair a bha mi'm chaileig ghoraich
Thug mi gaol 'us gradh do'n oigear
Aig am bheil a' phearsa bhòidheach
'S cha ghradhaich mi ri m'bheo fear eile

Hi horò 's na horo eile
Hi horò 's na horo eile
Hi horò 's na horo eile
Gur tu mo luaidh ri'm bheò cha cheil mi.

Chaidh mi choill na crann's nan gallan
Chuir mi su`il am fiùran maiseach
B'ann an Glaschu nam bùthan
A thug mi rùn do'n diùlnach fearail

Meur a's grinn' air peann a sgriobhas
'S a chuir gleus air teudan fidhle
'Se do cheòl do thogadh m'inntinn
An uair a bhithinn sgith fo smalan.

Ach tha mise'n dùil 's an dochas
Gu'n tig an là 's am bi sinn comhla
'S ma bhios tusa dileas domhsa
Cha ghràdhaich mi ri'm bheò fear eile. 

ENGLISH TRANSLATION======

When I was a young and foolish girl
I gave my love and affection
to a handsom youth
and never will I love anybody else

Hi hor 's na horo eile
Hi hor 's na horo eile
Hi hor 's na horo eile
You are my love and as long as I live I will not conceal this.

Those fingers that make a pen write so neatly:
that play a tune on the fiddle.
your music would lift my soul
When I was sad and weary.

But I live in expectation and hope,
That the day will come when we will be united;
And if you remain faithful to me,
I will never love another man