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Jealous Heart Cití Na gCumann
   
Credits: Traditional; arranged by Máire Brennan
   
Appears On: Jealous Heart (single)
   
Language: Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic)
   
Other Versions: "Cití Na gCumann" on Frankie Kennedy & Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's album Altan
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
A Chití na gcumann, ná séan mé Oh Kitty, my love, do not desert me
Siúil feasta 'gus éalaigh liom Come on and elope with me
I ngleanntáin coilleadh nó sliabh' amuigh To a little wooded glen or mountain
Nó sealad faoi bhláth na gcrann Or under the shadow of a tree for awhile
Phósfainn i gan fhios don tsaol thú I will marry you secretly
'S don tsagart dá mh'fhéidir liom Without the priest knowing about it
'S muna bhfaighfear sinn cangailt' in Éirinn __
Ó racham araon anonn __
   
Níor cuireadh romham cuireadh na fáilte I was given no invitation or welcome
Ó thánas an tsráid seo thíos Since I came to this town
Ón uair a dh'airig mo ghrá geal Since my loved one heard
Gur thugas mo lámh do mhnaoi That I had already given my hand to another woman
Is doigh leo go bhfuil mise pósta They think that I am married
Is dár ndoigh, más doigh, ni fíor And really, it is not true
Dar a leabhar atá thíos i mo phóca By the book that I have in my pocket
Is ag mealladh ban óg a bhíos I swear that I only charmed young women
   
___ (Missing verse)