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English Translation
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Bliain mhór sa taca seo
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Helped by a good year
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Ba deas mo chulaith éadaigh
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My suit of clothes was fine
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Ba lúfar éadrom aigeanta
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It was with a light and joyous nature
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A dhéanfainn bean a bhréagadh
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That I deceived women
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Ach shantaigh mise an ghiobóg
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But I desired an untidy woman
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Mar bhí cupla bó mar spré aici
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Since a couple of cows were her dowry
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Is d'fhág sí ar an anás mé
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And she left me in hardship
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Is mo chraiceann gheal gan léine
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And my fair skin without a shirt
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Má bhí culaith mhaith an uair sin ort
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If you wore a good suit at that time
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B'fhéidir nár leat féin í
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Maybe it wasn't your own
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Ní raibh tú pósta seachtain go raibh
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You were not married a week
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Fear na comharsa 'hiarraidh
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When the neighbor man came calling
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Dhíol tú mo chuid eallaigh
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You sold my goods
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Le sin agus tuilleadh réiteach
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That and indeed more
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Is d'fhág tú ar an anás mé
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You left me in poverty
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Is gan snáithe orm san oíche
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And without a stitch on me at night
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A bhuachaillí, a bhuachaillí
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My lads, my lads
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An méid agaibh atá gan pósadh
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Those of you who are unmarried
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Ná santaigí na giobógaí
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Don't lust after the untidy women
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De réir mar a bíonn siad cóirithe
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According to how they are fixed up
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Nó b'fhearr duit cailín glan agat
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Better for you, a clean girl
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A scuabfadh amach i gcónaí
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Who will constantly sweep
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Ná luathra buí na seachtaine
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Not just clean out the week's
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Á cur amach Dé Domhnaigh
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Horrid dirt on Sunday
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(Missing verse)
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Bliain mhór sa taca seo
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Helped by a good year
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Ba deas mo chulaith éadaigh
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My suit of clothes was fine
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Ba lúfar éadrom aigeanta
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It was with a light and joyous nature
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A dhéanfainn bean a bhréagadh
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That I deceived women
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Ach shantaigh mise an ghiobóg
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But I desired an untidy woman
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Mar bhí cupla bó mar spré aici
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Since a couple of cows were her dowry
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Is d'fhág sí ar an anás mé
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And she left me in hardship
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Is mo chraiceann gheal gan léine
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And my fair skin without a shirt
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