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Lyrics
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English Translation
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Faoitín toor a ló
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Whitin' toor a loo
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Agus faoitín toor a laddie ó
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Whiting toor a laddie o
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Faoitín toor a ló
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Whitin' toor a loo
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Is é an faoitín an breac is measa liom
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It's the fish that I do fancy o
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Curfá
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Chorus (after each verse)
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Agus faoitín toor a ló
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Whitin' toor a loo
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Agus faoitín toor a laddie ó
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Whiting toor a laddie o
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Nach mór i gceist an liathán
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Oh Galway fishermen
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Ag iascairí na Gaillimhe
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Are full of talk of salmon
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Ach is fearr go mór an faoitín
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But you're far better off
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Ós air a gheofá an tairbhe
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With the lovely little whitin'
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Tá iasc ag daoine móra
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There's fish the gentry send
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Á chur anonn go Sasana
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Across the sea to England
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Agus d'fhágfadh siad an faoitín
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The whitin' they'd leave there
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Is a Dhia nach mór an scannal é
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And isn't that the scandal now
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Saillígí na haebha
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So let ye salt the livers
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Agus íocfaidh siad an salann díbh
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You'll earn the price of salt from it
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Is dheamhan ar fearr díbh é
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And won't that suit ye better
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Ná na haebha tríd an stirabout
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Than livers through your stirabout
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Is dá bhfeicfeá Máire Mhór
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If you saw Máire Mhór
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'Dhul suas sráid an mhargaidh
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Stravegin' up the market street
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Faoitín ins gach aon láimh léi
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A whitin' in each hand
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Is ag iarraidh a stór a mhealladh léi
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And she trying to charm her dear with it
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Grá mo chroí mo stóirín
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Oh me darlin' and me dear
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Is í nach ndéarfadh tada liom
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Sure she'd never say a word to me
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Is í a chuirfeadh na fataí móra
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Big praties she'd have hid
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I dtaisce i leic an teallaigh dhom
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And roastin' on the hearth for me
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'Ró, óró a Mháire, a Mháire a stór
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Oh Máire, Máire Mhór
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An dtiocfá abhaile liom
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Oh won't you come back home with me?
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Mura dtiocfaidh tú mar a gheall tú
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And if you say you won't
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Go mbáitear in sa Daingean tú
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Well, I hope you drown in Daingean so
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Faoitín toor a ló
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Whitin' toor a loo
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Agus faoitín toor a laddie ó
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Whiting toor a laddie o
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Faoitín toor a ló
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Whitin' toor a loo
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Is é an faoitín an breac is measa liom
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It's the fish that I do fancy o
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