3. 4:38 Hector MacNeil
Air Faillirinn Iu

Chorus:
Air faillirinn iu ho,
O iuilirinn o ho,
Air faillirinn iu.

1. Sad am I (reclining) on the slope of the rocks.

2. I look over in the direction of the Sound of Mull, yet I cannot wade across.

3. Where I left my mother buried in the sod.

4. Where I left my sweetheart of the thin eyebrows and the loving eyes.

5. I see the boat sailing past, her crew methinks is feeble.

6. And if I am not mistaken, I believe that my sweetheart is at the helm.

7. Passing Islay it seems that her course is too far offshore.

8. Passing Eigg the rocky land of the peaks.

9. Passing Coll they lost the semblance of my love.

10. Passing Ireland my spouse went down to the ocean floor.

11. My dear one landed in the seaweed as she was voyaging abroad.

12. On the crest of the green waves as they twisted her sails.

13. On the crest of the green waves, the sea slashing along her decks.

14. Dearly did I pay for the barley, little did I drink of its juice.

15. Dearly did I pay for the herring, newly-packed.

16. Dearly did I pay for the brandy that had been stored a-board.

17. Dearly did I pay for the boat that was the cause of the drowning of the three.