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English Translation
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Chorus (after each verse)
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Ólaim punch 's ólaim tae
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I drink tea and I drink punch
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'S an lá ina déidh sin ólaim toddy
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And the following day I drink toddy
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Ní bhím ar meisce ach uair sa ré
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I'm only drunk but once a month
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Mo ghrása 'n déirc is an té a cheap í
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Thanks for charity, and from anybody
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Maíodh gach n-aon a slí sa tsaol
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Everyone considers all life's ways
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Maíodh an chléir 's maíodh an ceannaí
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Thinks of the clergy, thinks of buying
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Maíodh na mílte a maoin 's a réim
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Thinks of the army, its power and sway
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Maímse an déirc, 'sí an chéird is fearr í
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But sure charity is the trade I'm trying
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Ar mo thíocht a luí ar thréad
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Some farmed land now I see
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An bhuí san fhéith 's na héimh ag leannaí
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The golden meadow and lambing sheep
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Báisteach dhaoirse 's rinn ar ghaoth
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There's a driving rain and a cutting breeze
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Ó táim le déirc 's ni baol do m' gharraí
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Never a threat to my crops, for none I keep
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Is sámh a bhím im' luí na gréin
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Now under the sun I'm happy still
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Gan suim sa t-saol ach scléip 's starraíocht
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Never a care in the world, just joy replayed
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Gan cháin gan chíos ach m'intinn saor
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No tax nor worry, but my own free will
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Nach fearr í 'n déirc ná céird 's ealaín?
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Charity sure beats craft or trade
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Lá má bhím le híota tréith
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If one day I'm cursed with drought
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Bead an lá ina dhéidh ag glaoch na gcannaí
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The following day I'll be ordering toddy
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Lá le fion 's arís gan bhraon
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One day with wine, the next without
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Mo ghrása 'n déirc 's an té a cheap í
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Thanks for charity, and from anybody
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