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A 'níon mhín ó, sin anall na fir shúirí |
Oh gentle daughter, here come the wooing men |
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A mháithairin mhín ó, cuir na roithléan go dtí mé |
Oh gentle mother, put the wheels in motion for me |
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Dúlamán na binne buí, dúlamán Gaelach |
Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed |
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Dúlamán na farraige, b'fhearr a bhí in Éirinn |
Seaweed from the ocean, the best in all of Ireland |
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Tá ceann buí óir ar an dúlamán gaelach |
There is a yellow gold head on the Gaelic seaweed |
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Tá dhá chluais mhaol ar an dúlamán maorach |
There are two blunt ears on the stately seaweed |
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Bróga breaca dubha ar an dúlamán gaelach |
The Irish seaweed has beautiful black shoes |
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Tá bearéad agus triús ar an dúlamán maorach |
The stately seaweed has a beret and trousers |
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Góide a thug na tíre thú? arsa an dúlamán gaelach |
"What are you doing here?" says the Irish seaweed |
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Ag súirí le do níon, arsa an dúlamán maorach |
"At courting with your daughter," says the stately seaweed |
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Rachaimid chun Niúir leis an dúlamán gaelach |
I would go to Niúir with the Irish seaweed |
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Ceannóimid bróga daora ar an dúlamán maorach |
"I would buy expensive shoes," said the Irish seaweed |
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Ó chuir mé scéala chuici, go gceannóinn cíor dí |
I spent time telling her the story that I would buy a comb for her |
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'Sé'n scéal a chuir sí chugam, go raibh a ceann cíortha |
The story she told back to me, that she is well-groomed |
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Cha bhfaigheann tú mo 'níon, arsa an dúlamán gaelach |
"Oh where are you taking my daughter?" says the Irish seaweed |
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Bheul, fuadóidh mé liom í, arsa an dúlamán maorach |
"Well, I'd take her with me," says the stately seaweed |
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Dúlamán na binne buí, dúlamán Gaelach |
Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed |
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Dúlamán na binne buí, dúlamán Gaelach |
Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed |
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Dúlamán na farraige, b'fhearr a bhí, b'fhearr a bhí |
Seaweed from the ocean, the best, the best |
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Dúlamán na binne buí, dúlamán Gaelach |
Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed |
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Dúlamán na farraige, b'fhearr a bhí, b'fhearr a bhí |
Seaweed from the ocean, the best, the best |
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B'fhearr a bhí in Éirinn |
The best in all of Ireland |
