Lyrics:

Buain nam bairnich, nam bairnich, nam bairnich
Buain nam bairnich air creagan rubh nan cudaigean
Buain nam bairnich, nam bairnich, nam bairnich
'S goilidh sinn na bairnich 'san taigh air rubh nan cudaigean

Goilidh sinn na bairnich, na bairnich, na bairnich
Goilidh sinn na bairnich 'san taigh air rubh nan cudaigean
Goilidh sinn na bairnich, na bairnich, na bairnich
'S cagnaidh sinn na bairnich air cladach rubh nan cudaigean

Cagnaidh sinn na bairnich, na bairnich, na bairnich
Cagnaidh sinn na bairnich air cladach rubh nan cudaigean
Cagnaidh sinn na bairnich, na bairnich, na bairnich
'S sgaoiligh sinn na bairnich air muir rubh nan cudaigean

Sgaoiligh sinn na bairnich, na bairnich, na bairnich
Sgaoiligh sinn na bairnich air muir rubh nan cudaigean
Sgaoiligh sinn na bairnich, na bairnich, na bairnich
'Suidhidh sinn le tabh ann air creagan rubh nan cudaigean

Be hileam bo horam bo eirich is ithibh ith
Be hileam bo horam bo feitheamh air na cudaigean
Be hileam bo horam bo eirich is ithibh ith
Nach ith sibh na bairnich is ithidh mi na cudaigean

/ [Instrumental]

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[Translation:]
Rubh nan Cudaigean (Headland of the Cuddy Fish)

Harvest of the limpets [barnacles], of the limpets, of the limpets
Harvest of the limpets on the rocks of the headland....
Harvest of the limpets, of the limpets, of the limpets
And we will boil the limpets in the house on the headland of the cuddy fish

We will boil the limpets, the limpets, the limpets
We will boil the limpets in the house on the headland
We will boil the limpets, the limpets, the limpets
And we will chew the limpets on the shore of the headland…

We will chew the limpets, the limpets, the limpets
We will chew the limpets on the shore of the headland…
We will chew the limpets, the limpets, the limpets
And we will scatter the limpets on the sea at the headland…

We will scatter the limpets, the limpets, the limpets
We will scatter the limpets on the sea at the headland…
We will scatter the limpets, the limpets, the limpets
And we will sit with nets on the rocks of the headland…

Be hileam bo horam bo, rise and eat, eat
Be hileam bo horam bo, waiting on the cuddy fish
Be hileam bo horam bo, rise and eat ,eat
Won’t you eat the limpets, and I will eat the cuddy fish