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Chorus (after each verse): |
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O hi o ho, crodh an tailleir |
O hi o ho, the tailor's dowry |
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O hi o ho, crodh an tailleir |
O hi o ho, the tailor's dowry |
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O hi o ho, crodh an tailleir |
O hi o ho, the tailor's dowry |
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Siosar is miaran is snathad |
Is scissors, a thimble and a needle |
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Tha mile long air cuan Eirinn |
There are a thousand ships on the Irish sea |
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Tha mile long air cuan Eirinn |
There are a thousand ships on the Irish sea |
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Tha mile long air cuan Eirinn |
There are a thousand ships on the Irish sea |
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'S truagh nach robh mi fhin air te dhiubh |
Pity that I am not on one of them |
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Gur binn guth eoin 'san deagh-mhadainn |
Sweet is the voice of a bird on a fine morning |
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Gur binn guth eoin 'san deagh-mhadainn |
Sweet is the voice of a bird on a fine morning |
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Gur binn guth eoin 'san deagh-mhadainn |
Sweet is the voice of a bird on a fine morning |
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Gu cur a' ghille oig 'na chadal |
For putting the little boy to sleep |
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Tog dhion do lamh, tha i fuar liom |
Lift your hand from me, it is cold to me |
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Tog dhion do lamh, tha i fuar liom |
Lift your hand from me, it is cold to me |
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Tog dhion do lamh, tha i fuar liom |
Lift your hand from me, it is cold to me |
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Righ, gur beag orm fear fuadain |
Oh King, little I care for a stranger |
