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Tá taistealaí breá in sa tír |
There's a gentleman in this land |
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'S tá se scríofa ar a bord |
It's recorded on the board |
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Chuir me litir in sa phost |
I've sent a letter by post haste |
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Agus gealltanas a post' |
To pledge my love and married bliss |
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Chorus (after each verse): |
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'S tú mo choill, choill, choill |
You're my love, love, love |
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'S tú mo choill gaineach ban |
You're my loved one so fair |
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'S tú mo ghiolla dubh ar luaimh |
You're my dark sailor boy |
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Os ar ucht tú 'bheith slan |
And I wish for your care |
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Tiocfaidh'n long in sa chuan |
A ship to the bay |
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'S cuirfidh sí suas na driúrlann |
Sets the casks on the rails |
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Nuair a shilfeas a' fíon |
When the wine's drained away |
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Beidh an long ar a' trádh |
She'll be ready to sail |
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Ó, níl agam ar a' t-saol |
In all this wide world |
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Ach an aon fear amháin |
There is one man I care |
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A chuir Aoife faoi shiúil |
Whom Aoife dismissed |
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'S ar bord an "Man-of-War" |
And put on board the "Man-of-War" |
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Nuair a théimse faoi shiúil |
I journeyed away |
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'S d'fhág mo rún leabaí fáin |
And my love's bed reneged |
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Nuair a chuala mé mo rún |
When I heard that my love |
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A bheith ar chúl na dtonn tréann |
Was abroad on the waves |
