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Éirigí suas a thogha na bhfear |
Rise up, ye stalwart men |
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Is cuirigí píce ar bharr gach cléith |
And put the pitch alight on your torch sticks |
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Leagaigí síos iad lucht an droch-chroí |
Vanquish those who would do us evil |
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Agus cuirigí dlí na Fraince ar bun |
And establish the rule of France |
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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Agus ó bhean an tí, cén bhuairt sin ort? |
And oh woman of the house, what ails you? |
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Ó bhean an tí, fá dhó nó trí |
Oh woman of the house, in two years or three |
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Beidh an talamh gan chíos ón bhliain seo amach |
From this year out the land will be rent free |
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Ó bhean an tí |
Oh woman of the house |
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Ó bhean an tí, nach suairc é sin? |
Oh woman of the house, __? |
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Tá jug ar an bhord is tá beoir ag teacht |
Here's a jug on the table and the beer's coming |
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Tá arm go leor ag an Duke of York |
And the Duke of York has sufficient arms |
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Tá an Francach is an Spáinneach ar bhruach na trá |
The French and the Spaniards at the shore's edge |
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Agus b'fhearr liom go mór é ná cómhra ban |
And how bitter that is than woman's chatter |
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Ó shuigh mise síos 's mo mhian le m'ais |
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Ag ól mo cháirt dí mar dheanfad fear |
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Sé dúirt bean a' tí den chomhrá mhín |
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Gan airigead síos bí gabháil amach |
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Ó tharraing mé aníos mo phíosa brac |
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Nach mairg a bhíos gan é, mo chreach |
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Do labhair sí arís go carthannach caoin |
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Nach súifidh tú síos tá siamsa ar fad ort |
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Mo chreach is mo chrá nuair a bhí mé beag |
Alas and alack when I was young |
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In aois mo dhá bhliain sular smaoinigh mé ar olc |
Two years old and no evil thought in my mind |
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Nach ndeachaigh mé ar bord nó in arm an Rí |
That I didn't join the King's navy or army |
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Sular chaith mé mo shaol ag dul timpeall ort |
Instead of spending my life looking after you |
