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Molly Na gCuach Ní Chuilleanáin |
| Credits : | Traditional; arranged by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Ciaran Curran, Mark Kelly, Dáithí Sproule, Ciaran Tourish, Dermot Byrne & Dónal Lunny |
| Appears On : | Blackwater |
| Language : | Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic) |
| Other Versions : |
"
Is Fada Liom Uaimí
" on Cherish The Ladies' album At Home
" Molly Na gCuach Ní Chuilleanáin " on Danú's album Up In The Air |
| Lyrics : | English Translation : |
| Ar meisce cha dtéim níos mó | Drunkeness for life I forego |
| Braon leanna go deo ní bhlaisfidh mé | Strong ale I will taste never more |
| Ó chaill mé mo chailín beag óg | Since I lost my pretty young maid |
| A chuireadh i mo phócaí an t-airgead | Who would plenish my pockets with riches |
| Curfá 1 : | Chorus 1 : |
| Is fada liom uaim í, uaim í | I long for her from me, from me |
| Is fada liom uaim í ó d'imigh sí | I long for her from me since leaving me |
| Is fada liom thíos agus thuas í | I long for her above and below me |
| Molly na gcuach Ní Chuilleanáin | The curly-haired Molly Nee Chull-in-an |
| Dhéanfaidh mé tigh ar an ard | I'll build a house on the hill |
| Is beidh ceithre ba bainne breaca agam | And four speckled cows I'll own |
| Is ní ligfidh mé 'n duine dá gcomhair | I'll allow no other person near them |
| Ach Molly deas bhán Ní Chuilleanáin | But the lovely fair Molly Nee Chull-in-an |
| (Curfá 1) | (Chorus 1) |
| Curfá 2 : | Chorus 2 : |
| Is fada liom uaim í, is fada liom uaim í | I long for her from me, I long for her from me |
| Is fada liom uaim í ó d'imigh sí | I long for her from me since leaving me |
| Is fada liom thíos agus thuas í | I long for her above and below me |
| Molly na gcuach Ní Chuilleanáin | The curly-haired Molly Nee Chull-in-an |
| Dá mbeinnse i ndeacair an bháis | If I were in the last throes of death |
| Is na daoine a rá nach dtiocfainn as | And people could see no recovery |
| Ní dhéanfainn mo thiomna go brách | I'd never dictate my last will |
| Go dtiocfadh Moll bhán Ní Chuilleanáin | 'Til the arrival of fair Molly Nee Chull-in-an |
| (Curfá 2, curfá 1) | (Chorus 2, chorus 1) |
| Bhí mise lá ar an choill | I happened one day in the woods |
| Is tharla dom soilse bhrádóige | And I met a charming young maiden |
| Dhéanfadh sí marbhán beo | She'd make a corpse come alive |
| Nó buachaill deas óg den tseanduine | And a lovely young man of an old fellow |
| (Curfá 1, curfá 2 2x) | (Chorus 1, chorus 2 2x) |