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Ta bean a'msa in Arainn Mhor |
I have a wife in Aranmore |
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Is bean eile in Inis Bearachain |
And another wife in Inis Bearachain |
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Ach mo ghra i Maire Mhor |
But my love is Máire Mhór |
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Is i an bhean is fearr ar fad acu |
She is the best woman __ |
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Is oro Mhaire Mhor |
And oh Maire Mhor |
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Is a Mhaire Mhor a dtiocfaidh tu? |
And oh Maire Mhor, will you come? |
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Is gra mo chroi mo stoirin |
Oh my darling and my dear |
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Is tu nach ndearfadh tada liom |
Sure you'd never say a word to me |
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Is tu a chuirfeadh na fatai mora |
Big praties you'd have hid |
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I dtaisc ar leic an teallaigh dhom |
And roastin' on the hearth for me |
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Ni le faochain na le barnigh |
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Na le blath na scailliun dearga |
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A mheall mise Maire Mhor |
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Ach le fuisce laidir Shasana |
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Mura dtiocfaidh tu mar gheall tu |
And if you say you won't |
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Go mbaitear ins sa gcladach thu |
I hope you drown in __ |
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A bhfeicfea Maire Mhor i |
If you saw Maire Mhor |
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Dul sraideannai na Gaillimhe |
In the streets of Galway |
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Gan falach ar a braid |
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Ach cota mor a' charrara |
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Da mbeinne 'n Arainn Mhor |
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Is mo bhad seoil bheith faoi lucht agam |
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Nac deas 'thornalfainn an rod |
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Ach Maire Mhor a bheith faoi deic agam |
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Bhi yes aici 's bhi no aici |
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Is ar ndoigh bhi what not aici |
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Is murach lucht a' Bhearla |
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Nach gcuirfinn Dandy cap airthi |
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Mura dtiocfaidh tu mar gheall tu |
And if you say you won't |
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Go mbaitear ins sa gcladach thu |
I hope you drown in __ |
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Mura dtiocfaidh tu mar gheall tu |
And if you say you won't |
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Go mbaitear ins sa gcladach thu |
I hope you drown in __ |
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