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Lyrics
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English Translation
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Tá taistealaí breá in sa tír
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There's a gentleman in this land
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'S tá se scríofa ar a bord
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It's recorded on the board
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Chuir me litir in sa phost
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I've sent a letter by post haste
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Agus gealltanas a post'
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To pledge my love and married bliss
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Curfá
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Chorus (after each verse)
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'S tú mo choill, choill, choill
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You're my love, love, love
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'S tú mo choill gaineach ban
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You're my loved one so fair
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'S tú mo ghiolla dubh ar luaimh
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You're my dark sailor boy
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Os ar ucht tú 'bheith slan
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And I wish for your care
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Tiocfaidh'n long in sa chuan
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A ship to the bay
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'S cuirfidh sí suas na driúrlann
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Sets the casks on the rails
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Nuair a shilfeas a' fíon
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When the wine's drained away
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Beidh an long ar a' trádh
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She'll be ready to sail
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Ó, níl agam ar a' t-saol
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In all this wide world
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Ach an aon fear amháin
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There is one man I care
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A chuir Aoife faoi shiúil
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Whom Aoife dismissed
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'S ar bord an "Man-of-War"
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And put on board the "Man-of-War"
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Nuair a théimse faoi shiúil
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I journeyed away
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'S d'fhág mo rún leabaí fáin
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And my love's bed reneged
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Nuair a chuala mé mo rún
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When I heard that my love
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A bheith ar chúl na dtonn tréann
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Was abroad on the waves
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