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English Translation
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Os inniu gan bó
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__ without a cow
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Gan a' dhá phingin spré
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Without tuppence dowry
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Leagfainn fúm thú maidin drúchta
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I would lay you beneath me on a dewy morning
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Le bánú 'n lae
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At the dawn of the day
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Mo dhá lámh dúnta gan mé gus tú
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My two hands __
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A ghrá mo chléibh
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My darling love
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I gCaiseal Mumhan 's gan a leabaí fúinn
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In Caiseal Mumhan with nothing for a bed
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Ach an chlár bog déil
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But the deal board
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Bean solastach ní mholfaidh mé
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A bright woman I'll not praise
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'S ní cháinfidh mé í
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And I'll not find fault with
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Bean dorcha ní ghlacfaidh mé
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I'll never take a dark woman
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Go deo mar mhnaoi
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As a wife
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Cha ní ná an babaí shantach
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Ach mar gheall ar mhaoin
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Because of wealth
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Ach pósfaidh mé mo stórín
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But I'll marry my darling
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'Sí grá mo chroí
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She's the love of my heart
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Ná síl cé gurb íseal
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Don't think that I'm not noble
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Nó uasal mé
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Even though I'm lowly
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Ná síl gur insan díog adaí
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Don't think that in yonder ditch
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A fuarthas mé
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I was found
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Sín síos liom seal míosa
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Lie down beside me for a month or so
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'Gus cuartaí ann mé
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And try me out
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'S gheobhaidh tú scríofa in mo thaobh dheas
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And you'll find written in my right side
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Gur an buachaill mé
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That I'm a playboy
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Tá líofacht labhairt Gaeilge
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I would __ Irish
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Agus canúint mhaith chrua
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In good, hard language
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Scríobhfaidh mé 'na dhiaidh sin
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After that, I'll write
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Le barr mo phinn
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With the tip of my pen
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Loch Éirne 'á shnámhfainn
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I'd swim Loch Éirne
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Ar chúl mo cheann
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On my back
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'S dá dtéadh agam bean a bhréagadh
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And if I could entice a woman
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Bheadh an báire liom
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I'd have won the day
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