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"english": "On the little green field that was mown by a scythe\nThe lads will be competing with their shinty sticks\nAnd there isn't a team in the great shire of Argyll\nThat's as agile as the heroes by Loch Leven.",
"ref": "(date unknown), Alasdair MacFhraing (words), Teàrlach MacAonghais (melody), Mo ghleannan Taobh Loch Lìobhann:",
"text": "Air an achadh bheag uain' chaidh lomadh le fàl\nBidh na gillean le 'n camain a' strì ann\n'S chan eil buidheann an siorramachd mhòr Earra-Ghàidheal\nTha cho clis ris na suinn taobh Loch Lìobhainn.",
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"(Argyll) quick, swift, agile, nimble, speedy, active"
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}
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