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Dá mbeinnse i mbliana mar bhí mé anuraidh |
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Toigh beag 'bheith agam i gcois an chuain |
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Chuirfinn mo bhád amach ar a' tSionainn |
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Agus bhéarfainn abhaile liom mo chailín rua |
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B'fhearr liom í ná bó is ná bearrach |
I prefer her to any cow or heifer |
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Nó a bhfuil de loingis ag tarraingt chun cuain |
Or all the long ships drawing into the harbor |
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Bhí sí mar gha gréine ag dul in éadan na ngloiní |
She was like a ray of sun reflected through glass |
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Scéimh mhná na Finne le mo chailín rua |
The beauty of the Finne women my red-haired girl had |
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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Thug mé liom í ó bhaile go baile |
I took her from town to town |
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Fríd Bhaile 'Cliath 'un na geaftaí crua |
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Chun fhuil aon mhíle ó d'fhág mé an baile |
There's not a mile since I left town |
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Nach dtug mé deoch leanna do mo chailín rua |
That I didn't give a drink of ale to my red-haired girl |
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Bhí ceann gruaige leí síos go talamh |
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'Gus barra na finne go dtug sí leí |
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Ba mhéanar don fhear óg a gheobhadh í le mealladh |
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Rogha na gcailíní mo chailín rua |
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Dá mbeinn chomh saibhir is a bhí mé anuraidh |
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Thógfainn toigh mór ar an chnoc údaí thuas |
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Fíon agus ór 'siad bhéafainn do mo stór |
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Is bhein a' gabháil ceoil le mo chailín rua |
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Chan fhuil aon teach ósta a casadh romhainn sa bhealach |
There's not one tavern __ |
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Nach dtug mé deoch leanna do mo chailín rua |
That I didn't give a drink of ale to my red-haired girl |
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Ach d'imigh sí léi le buachaill siopa |
But she left with the shop-boy |
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Slán go bhfillfidh tú a chailín rua |
Farewell until you return, my red-haired girl |
