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Bliain mhór sa taca seo |
Helped by a good year |
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Ba deas mo chulaith éadaigh |
My suit of clothes was fine |
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Ba lúfar éadrom aigeanta |
It was with a light and joyous nature |
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A dhéanfainn bean a bhréagadh |
That I deceived women |
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Ach shantaigh mise an ghiobóg |
But I desired an untidy woman |
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Mar bhí cupla bó mar spré aici |
Since a couple of cows were her dowry |
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Is d'fhág sí ar an anás mé |
And she left me in hardship |
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Is mo chraiceann gheal gan léine |
And my fair skin without a shirt |
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Má bhí culaith mhaith an uair sin ort |
If you wore a good suit at that time |
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B'fhéidir nár leat féin í |
Maybe it wasn't your own |
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Ní raibh tú pósta seachtain go raibh |
You were not married a week |
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Fear na comharsa 'hiarraidh |
When the neighbor man came calling |
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Dhíol tú mo chuid eallaigh |
You sold my goods |
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Le sin agus tuilleadh réiteach |
That and indeed more |
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Is d'fhág tú ar an anás mé |
You left me in poverty |
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Is gan snáithe orm san oíche |
And without a stitch on me at night |
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A bhuachaillí, a bhuachaillí |
My lads, my lads |
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An méid agaibh atá gan pósadh |
Those of you who are unmarried |
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Ná santaigí na giobógaí |
Don't lust after the untidy women |
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De réir mar a bíonn siad cóirithe |
According to how they are fixed up |
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Nó b'fhearr duit cailín glan agat |
Better for you, a clean girl |
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A scuabfadh amach i gcónaí |
Who will constantly sweep |
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Ná luathra buí na seachtaine |
Not just clean out the week's |
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Á cur amach Dé Domhnaigh |
Horrid dirt on Sunday |
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(Missing verse) |
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Bliain mhór sa taca seo |
Helped by a good year |
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Ba deas mo chulaith éadaigh |
My suit of clothes was fine |
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Ba lúfar éadrom aigeanta |
It was with a light and joyous nature |
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A dhéanfainn bean a bhréagadh |
That I deceived women |
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Ach shantaigh mise an ghiobóg |
But I desired an untidy woman |
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Mar bhí cupla bó mar spré aici |
Since a couple of cows were her dowry |
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Is d'fhág sí ar an anás mé |
And she left me in hardship |
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Is mo chraiceann gheal gan léine |
And my fair skin without a shirt |
