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Liostáil mé le sáirsint |
I listed with a sergeant |
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Mo creach agus mo bhrón |
I'm sorry for to own |
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Chuaigh mé leis thar sáile |
I being young and foolish |
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Mar bhí mé óg gan chéill |
I crossed the raging main |
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Fuair mé gunnaí sásta |
Guns I had to my delight |
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Agus claimhte géara bána |
Bright swords that pleased me so |
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Is shíl mé féin gurbh fhearr |
And I thought that all the finer |
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Sin ná Contae Mhaigh Eo |
Than the county of Mayo |
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Is má théann tú choíche go Connachta |
If ever you go to Connacht |
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Tabhair ruaig chun oileáin úir |
Keep going to the new island |
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Inis do mo bhunadh |
Tell my people there |
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Go bhfuil mé faoi bhrón |
That my sorrow knows no cure |
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Go bhfuil mé tinn tréithlag |
I am lying here both sick and sad |
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Is gan duine ar bith le m'fhiafraí |
Without one of my own |
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Is mé ag smaointiú fríd mo néaltaí |
And I thinking long and dreaming of |
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Ar Chontae Mhaigh Eo |
The county of Mayo |
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Tá píopa fada cailce agam |
I have long clay pipes here |
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Is tabaca le cur ann |
And a fill of tobacco |
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Buidéal uisce bheatha |
I've a bottle full of whiskey |
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Is an mhórchuid den leann |
And the porter freely flows |
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Leaba dheas den luachair |
A bed of green rushes |
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Is mo stóirín le cur inti |
For my darling to lie down |
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Is cead síneadh síos go maidin |
Where I can lie 'til morning |
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Le mo chailín dóighiúil donn |
With my girl so sweet and brown |
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Nach deas an rud na saighdiúirí |
How fine it is to see the soldiers |
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Agus fliúit an bhaile mhóir |
And to hear the flutes so grand |
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Ag éirí amach ar maidin |
They rising out so early |
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Is a gcuid mná deasa leo |
With their ladies arm in arm |
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A gcuid beaignití faoina n-ascaillí leofa |
As underneath their oxters |
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Is iad uilig ag ceol |
The bayonets brightly shine |
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Is má tchíonn sibh ag dul thar sáile iad |
And Lord above, but I would love |
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Is a Rí gan mise leo |
With them to cross the brine |
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Liostáil mé le sáirsint |
I listed with a sergeant |
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Mo creach agus mo bhrón |
I'm sorry for to own |
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Chuaigh mé leis thar sáile |
I being young and foolish |
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Mar bhí mé óg gan chéill |
I crossed the raging main |
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Fuair mé gunnaí sásta |
Guns I had to my delight |
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Agus claimhte géara bána |
Bright swords that pleased me so |
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Is shíl mé féin gurbh fhearr |
And I thought that all the finer |
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Sin ná Contae Mhaigh Eo |
Than the county of Mayo |
