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In iníon d'aoire mé féinig gan amhras |
I'm a herdsman's daughter sure enough |
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Do bhíodh ina cónaí cois taobh na Leamhna |
Who once lived down by the banks of the Laune |
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Bhí bothán agam féin ann is fuinneog i gceann de |
I had a cabin there a window in the gable |
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Fad a bhíodh an bainne ag téamh agam 'sea ghlaofainn ar na gamhna |
While I heated the milk I called in the calves |
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Aililiú na gamhna, na gamhna bána |
Aililiú the calves, the pretty calves |
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Aililiú na gamhna, na gamhna b'iad a b'fhearr liom |
Aililiú the calves, I loved them the best |
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Aililiú na gamhna, na gamhna geala bána |
Aililiú the calves, the fine pretty calves |
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Na gamhna maidin shamhraidh ag damhsa ar na bánta |
Dancing in the meadow on a clear summer's morning |
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Faightear dom cana is faightear dom bhuarach |
Get me a can and get me a ladle |
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Is faightear dom soitheach ina gcuirfead mo chuid uachtair |
Get me a vessel to take all the cream |
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Ceolta sí na cruinne bheith á síorchur i m'chluasa |
The magic music of the world always around me |
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Ba bhinne liomsa géimneach na mbó ag teacht chun buaile |
But sweeter sounding still the cattle lowing to the parlor |
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Rachaimid ar an aonach is ceannóimid gamhna |
Let us go to the fair and buy us some calves |
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Is cuirfimid ar féar iad amach ins na gleannta |
Put them to grass out above in the valleys |
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Íosfaidh siad an féar is barr an aitinn ghallda |
They'll eat all the grass and the tufts of the strange gorse |
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Is tiocfaidh siad abhaile chun an bhainne i gcóir an tSamhraidh |
And come home for the milk at the start of the summer |
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