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Faoitín toor a ló |
Whitin' toor a loo |
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Agus faoitín toor a laddie ó |
Whiting toor a laddie o |
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Faoitín toor a ló |
Whitin' toor a loo |
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Is é an faoitín an breac is measa liom |
It's the fish that I do fancy o |
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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Agus faoitín toor a ló |
Whitin' toor a loo |
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Agus faoitín toor a laddie ó |
Whiting toor a laddie o |
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Nach mór i gceist an liathán |
Oh Galway fishermen |
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Ag iascairí na Gaillimhe |
Are full of talk of salmon |
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Ach is fearr go mór an faoitín |
But you're far better off |
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Ós air a gheofá an tairbhe |
With the lovely little whitin' |
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Tá iasc ag daoine móra |
There's fish the gentry send |
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Á chur anonn go Sasana |
Across the sea to England |
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Agus d'fhágfadh siad an faoitín |
The whitin' they'd leave there |
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Is a Dhia nach mór an scannal é |
And isn't that the scandal now |
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Saillígí na haebha |
So let ye salt the livers |
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Agus íocfaidh siad an salann díbh |
You'll earn the price of salt from it |
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Is dheamhan ar fearr díbh é |
And won't that suit ye better |
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Ná na haebha tríd an stirabout |
Than livers through your stirabout |
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Is dá bhfeicfeá Máire Mhór |
If you saw Máire Mhór |
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'Dhul suas sráid an mhargaidh |
Stravegin' up the market street |
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Faoitín ins gach aon láimh léi |
A whitin' in each hand |
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Is ag iarraidh a stór a mhealladh léi |
And she trying to charm her dear with it |
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Grá mo chroí mo stóirín |
Oh me darlin' and me dear |
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Is í nach ndéarfadh tada liom |
Sure she'd never say a word to me |
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Is í a chuirfeadh na fataí móra |
Big praties she'd have hid |
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I dtaisce i leic an teallaigh dhom |
And roastin' on the hearth for me |
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'Ró, óró a Mháire, a Mháire a stór |
Oh Máire, Máire Mhór |
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An dtiocfá abhaile liom |
Oh won't you come back home with me? |
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Mura dtiocfaidh tú mar a gheall tú |
And if you say you won't |
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Go mbáitear in sa Daingean tú |
Well, I hope you drown in Daingean so |
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Faoitín toor a ló |
Whitin' toor a loo |
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Agus faoitín toor a laddie ó |
Whiting toor a laddie o |
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Faoitín toor a ló |
Whitin' toor a loo |
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Is é an faoitín an breac is measa liom |
It's the fish that I do fancy o |
