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Níl aon phort dár chuala mé ar phíoba |
There was never a piping tune |
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Tháinig mé i méadaíocht an linbh |
That I heard since I was knee high |
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Nach raibh liom ar bharr mó mhéar |
But I'd play it there and then |
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Steach i sliabh is ag dul ina bhaile |
Going home and up the mountain |
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Níl sé ina lá níl go fóill |
It's not the dawn of day at all |
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Níl sé ina oíche ná baol ar mhaidin |
It's not the night, nor nearly morning |
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Níl sé ina lá is ní bheidh go fóill |
It's not the dawn of day at all |
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Ná anois ar ball a d'éirigh an ghealach |
It's only now the moon is rising |
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Seo na gloiní, seo na mugaí |
Here's the mugs and here's the glasses |
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Seo an áit a bhfuil an leann ann |
Here's the place we keep the porter |
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Is mura bhfuil an t-airgead in do phócaí |
And if you haven't got the brass |
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Buail an bóthar is gabh ina bhaile |
You can turn and head for home now |
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Chuir mé féin mo lámh in mo phóca |
Into my pocket I reached a hand |
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Is d'iarr mé briseadh coróin mhairbh |
And I asked for change of silver |
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Is é dúirt sí liomsa, "Suí síos go fóill |
Says she to me, "Let you sit down |
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Is gheobhaidh tú an cárta agus an galún" |
You'll have a quart and then a gallon" |
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Éirigh i do shuí, a fhir an tí |
Rise out of bed, man of the house |
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Cuir ort do bhríste agus do hata |
Clap on your hat, pull on your trousers |
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Go gcoinneoidh tú ceol leis an fhear chóir |
You'll keep a decent man in chat |
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A bheas ag ól anseo go maidin |
For he'll be drinking here 'til morning |
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Ná héirigh i do shuí a fhir an tí |
Stay where you are, man of the house |
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Ná cuir ort do bhríste ná do hata |
Leave off your hat and leave your trousers |
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Ná diabhal deoir a théid in do scóig |
You won't wet your thrap tonight |
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Ná ní bheidh mise ag ól anseo go maidin |
I won't be drinking here 'til morning |
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Tá na caoirigh in sna mínte |
All my sheep are gone astray |
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Is tá na huain ag ól an bhainne |
And the lambs still drink their milk now |
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Tá mo bhean ar fud na tíre |
My own wife, she walks the roads |
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Is nach mithid dom éirí is dhul ina bhaile |
It's time that I was turning homewards |
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Nach mór an croí a fuair Éamonn Creepy |
Eddie Creepy found the courage |
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Síneadh síos le Siubhán Bhacaí |
To lie down with the wee lame Susie |
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D'éirigh Cathal as an ghríosaí |
Charlie riz up from the cinders |
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Is bhí sé ar iarraidh as sin go maidin |
And went missing until morning |
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Ar chuala sibhse maigh na Maolann? |
Did you hear of the famous Moiley? |
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Ná mar a chríochnaíonn sí a cuid bainne |
How they finished off her milking |
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Ochtar dragún gasúr cíocrach |
Eight young dragons of hungry wains |
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Bunadh an tí is péire cailleach |
One houseful and two hags now |
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Chuir mé féin mo mhaol chun aonaigh |
I took me Moiley cow to the fair |
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D'imigh an t-aonach agus an t-eallach |
The fair and cattle are all gone now |
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Tiocfaidh cailleach - cailleachaí an tí |
My old women aren't gone |
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Caillfear an dís is a gcuid leanbh |
They'll both die and all their children |
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Dá gcasfaí orm cailín i dtom |
If I met a girl in the bushes |
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Chuirfinn a cloigeann síos le malaí |
I would lay her head down easy |
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Chuirfinn taca leana droim |
I would take her there and then |
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Agus bheinn ag súgradh léi go maidin |
And we'd be sporting until morning |
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