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