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1. Fhear A Bhata (The Boatman) Lyrics: How often haunting the highest hilltops / I scan the ocean i sail tae sea / Wilt come tonight love wilt come tomorrow / Wilt ever come love to comfort me?

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2. fhear a bhata no horo eil'e fhear a bhata no horo eil'e fhear a bhata no horo eil'e oh fare thee well love where e'er you be. they call thee fickle they call thee false one and seek tae change me but all in vain for thou art my dream a through the dark night and every morning i scan the sea.

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3. Fear A’Bhàta ("Boatman", literally 'Man of the Boat') A traditional song that Steve Jackson, the Center's Scottish-Gaelic teacher, suggests his students learn ('cause it's easy and uses the vocabulary we're covering in class).

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4. Fear A' Bhàta Lyrics: Fhir a'bhàta, na ho ro eile / Fhir a'bhàta, na ho ro eile / Fhir a'bhàta, na ho ro eile / Mo shoraigh slàn leat 's gach àit'an téid thu / Is tric mi 'sealltainn o'n.

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5. Fhir a bhata 'sna horo eile: Oh boatman 'sna horo eile: Fhir a bhata 'sna horo eile: Oh boatman 'sna horo eile: Fhir a bhata 'sna horo eile: Oh boatman 'sna horo eile: Mo shòraidh slàn leat 's gach àit an teid thu: My best wishes go with you wherever you may be: Tha mo chridhe-sa briste brùite: My heart is broken, bruised 'S tric na deóir.

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6. Again Bata (boat) becomes Bhata for grammatical reasons. Bhata is pronounced Vata as b becomes v when followed by h. So Fear a Bhata is roughly feer a vata but fhir a bhata is ir a vata. Fir is a version of "fear" roughly man or "one" as in one does or someone. Hence some versions will have Fhear as the lenited form of Fear.

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7. CHORDS by Misc Traditional.

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8. Fhear a bhata no horo eil'e Oh fare thee well love where e'er you be. They call thee fickle they call thee false one And seek tae change me but all in vain For thou art my dream a through the dark night And every morning i scan the sea.

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