Cherish The Ladies - An Poc Ar Buile (The Mad Puck Goat)

Lyrics :	English Translation :

Ar mo dhul dom siar chun Droichead Uí Mhórdhal	As I set out with pike in hand
Píce im dhóid is mé ag dul i meitheal	To old Dromore to join a meitheal
Cé chasfail orm i gcumar ceoidh	Who should I meet but a tan puck goat
Ach pocán crón is é ar buile	And he roaring mad in a ferocious mettle

Curfá :	Chorus (after each verse) :
Aillilliú, puilliliú, ailliliú, tá an poc ar buile	Aillilliú, puilliliú, ailliliú, tá an poc ar buile
Aillilliú, puilliliú, ailliliú, tá an poc ar buile	Aillilliú, puilliliú, ailliliú, tá an poc ar buile

Do ritheamar trasna trí ruilleogach	He chased me over bush and weed
Is do ghluais an comhrac ar fud na muinge	And through the bog the run proceded
Is treascairt dá bhfuair se sna turtóga	'Til he caught his horns in a clump of gorse
Chuas ina aoinneaoin ar a dhroim le fuinneamh	And on his back I jumped unheaded

Bhí garda mór i mBaile an Róistigh	When the sergeant stood in Rochestown
Is bhailigh fórsaí chun sinn a chlipeadh	With a force of guards to apprehend us
Do bhuail sé rop dá adhairc sa tóin air	The goat, he tore his trousers down
Is dá bhristi nua do dhein se giobail	And made rags of his breeches and new suspenders

I nDaingean uí Chúise le haghaidh an tráthnóna	In Dingle the following afternoon
Bhí an sagart paróiste amach inár gcoinnibh	The parish priest came to call us to order
Is é dúirt gurbh é an diabhal ba dhóigh leis	And he swore from the pulpit each Sunday in June
A ghaibh an treo ar phócan buile	'Twas the devil on the back of his old grandfather


	An Poc Ar Buile

Credits :	Traditional; arranged by Cherish The Ladies
	a) An Poc Ar Buile b) I'll Mend Your Pots And Kettles O

Appears On :	The Girls Won't Leave The Boys Alone

Language :	Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic)

Other Versions :	a) " Bean Pháidín " on Anúna's album Anúna