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Ó, éireoidh mé ar maidin in ainm an Domhnaigh
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I'll get up in the morning in the name of Sunday
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Is rachaidh mé mo chónaí ar chnocánín bán
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And I will take up residence on the little fair hill
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Ó déanfaidh mé teach ann ar leataoibh an bhóthair
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Oh I will build a house there beside the road
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I bhfogas don chóngar abhus agus thall
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At easy reach to all places
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San áit a mbheidh agam cead bealaigh is bóthair
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There I'll have the freedom of the roads
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Caidreamh lucht eolais, fear loing agus báid
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Where I will meet learned people of ships and boats
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Beidh scoil ag lucht ealaíon 's ag ógánaigh óga
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There will be a school for artists and for the young
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Ar lorg an eolais ag teacht ar mo shráid
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Seeking knowledge at my door
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'Sé iomrá na gcailleach sna seandaoine críonna
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It is the talk of old women and wise old folk
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D'fhág mearbhall ar m'intinn is néal i mo cheann
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That has my mind confused and my head spinning
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A rá go raibh an Púca ann ó aimsir na Díleann
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Saying that the Pooka was there since the time of the Flood
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Go bhfaca na daoine é, ach níl fhios cén t-am
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That people saw him, but no one can tell when
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Níorbh é sin a b'ait liomsa ag teacht go ráithe an Gheimhridh
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It is not that I would want as winter approaches
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Iad a bheith ag déanamh íospart istigh ar mo shráid
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To have my front garden turned upside down
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Go mbíonn sé ina chat is na mhada san oíche
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At night he is a cat or a dog
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Is nár thúsice ina Phúca é ná ina sheanghearán bán
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And as soon as he is a Pooka he turns into an old white gelding
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Dhá bhfaighfainnse capall chomh maith leis an bPúca
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If I had a horse as fast as the Pooka
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Bheadh m'anamsa lúfar ag imeacht is a teacht
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My soul would be fast moving, getting there and coming back
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Dhá mba thíos i gCeann Gaineamh a thógfadh sé a ualach
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If he loaded his cargo way down at Ceann Gaineamh
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Ó bheadh sé i gceann leathuair ag binn Éamainn Uí Bhriain
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Oh he'd be at Eamonn O'Brien's gable within the half-hour
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Cuirfidh mé sconsa le hiomaire an Líonáin
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I will raise a fence by Leenane's Ledge
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Ní ligfidh mé aníos é le fána an Toirc Mhóir
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To stop him getting in by Torc Moore Slope
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Dhá n-ionsódh sé Caiseal trí cheartlár na Maoine
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If he approaches Cashel through the center of Maoine
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Anonn go tír caorach nó anonn don tír ghlas
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Over to the sheepland or over by the green pasture
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Ní ligfidh mé tharam ar thalamh ná ar thoinn é
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I won't let him pass by me over land or sea
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'S beidh aireachachas cruinn agam roimhe sa ród
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And I'll keep a close eye on him on the roadway
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Dhá gcastaí le Jeaic é, fear maith atá sa tír seo
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If he happens on Jack, a man of renown
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Bhainfeadh sé píosa dhá leiceann is dhá shrón
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He will surely put his nose out of joint
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