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English Translation
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'S a Chití Ní Eadhra
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Oh Kitty Ní Ayra
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Nach náir mar a d'imigh tú uaim
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It's a shame how you left me forlorn
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'S an chroí atá 'mo lár
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And the heart in my bosom
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Gur fhág tú chomh dubh leis an ghual
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As dark as a black lump of coal
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Ní iarrfainn aon spás ar an Ard Rí
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If I had but one wish
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'Sna Flaitheas anuas
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To ask of the good Lord above
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Ach cead troda leis an bhás
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Is to grapple with death each day
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Gach lá sular imigh tú uaim
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'Ere you left me alone
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'S tá dhá cheann an tí
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The gables are falling
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'Na luí 'tá'n lár gan dóigh
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And the rest of the house is in chaos
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Ó d'imigh an bhean chaoin
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Since the good woman left
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Faraor, a bhí soineanta cóir
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Who was innocent, gentle and kind
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Níor fhan sí agam ach trí ráithe
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Her three seasons with me
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Amháin bhí ba ghiorra ná an uair
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Seem less than one hour in time
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Óch nach é mo léan géar
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It's my poignant regret
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Gur fágadh í sínte san uaigh
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That a cold lonely grave is her home
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Is a Chití, mo mhian
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And Kitty, my love
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Nach aoibhinn duitse bheith ar lár
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Isn't it happy for you now to dwell
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Atá i bhFlaitheas na Naomh
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With the Saints up in Heaven
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'Bhfuil na mílte anam gan smál
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And thousands of saints without guile
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Is chan mar a bímse 'tá guí
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And not be like me
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'S ag osnaí gach tráth
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Just praying and pining each day
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Nó i dTalamh na Naomh
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For in the land of the Saints
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Atá rogha mo charaid thar mhná
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Is the one that I chose above all
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