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Is a mháithrín an ligfidh tú chun aonaigh mé |
Oh mammy, won't you let me go to the fair |
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Is a mhuirnín óg ná healaí é |
Oh dearest love, don't plead with me |
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Is a mháithrín an ligfidh tú chun aonaigh mé |
Oh mammy, won't you let me go to the fair |
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Is a mhuirnín óg ná healaí é |
Oh dearest love, don't plead with me |
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Beidh aonach amárach in gContae an Chláir |
There's a fair tomorrow in County Clare |
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Beidh aonach amárach in gContae an Chláir |
There's a fair tomorrow in County Clare |
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Beidh aonach amárach in gContae an Chláir |
There's a fair tomorrow in County Clare |
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Cén mhaith domh é ní bheidh mé ann |
Why should I care, I won't be there |
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Tá 'níon bheag agam is tá sí óg |
I've a little daughter and she's very young |
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Tá 'níon bheag agam is tá sí óg |
I've a little daughter and she's very young |
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Tá 'níon bheag agam is tá sí óg |
I've a little daughter and she's very young |
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Is tá sí i ngrá leis an ghreasaí bróg |
And she's in love with a cobbling man |
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Níl tú ach deich nó aon deag fós |
You're not ten or eleven years old |
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Níl tú ach deich nó aon deag fós |
You're not ten or eleven years old |
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Níl tú ach deich nó aon deag fós |
You're not ten or eleven years old |
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Nuair a bheas tú trí deag beidh tú mór |
When you reach thirteen you'll be more mature |
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B'fhearr liom féin mo ghreasaí bróg |
I'd rather have my cobbling man |
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B'fhearr liom féin mo ghreasaí bróg |
I'd rather have my cobbling man |
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B'fhearr liom féin mo ghreasaí bróg |
I'd rather have my cobbling man |
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N fir na n'arm faoina lascú óir |
Than an army officer with his gold bands |
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'S iomaí bean a phós go h-óg |
There is many a maid who married young |
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'S iomaí bean a phós go h-óg |
There is many a maid who married young |
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'S iomaí bean a phós go h-óg |
There is many a maid who married young |
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Is a mhair go socair lena greasaí bróg |
And lived in peace with her cobbling man |
