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English Translation
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Liostáil mé le sáirsint
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I listed with a sergeant
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Mo creach agus mo bhrón
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I'm sorry for to own
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Chuaigh mé leis thar sáile
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I being young and foolish
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Mar bhí mé óg gan chéill
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I crossed the raging main
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Fuair mé gunnaí sásta
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Guns I had to my delight
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Agus claimhte géara bána
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Bright swords that pleased me so
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Is shíl mé féin gurbh fhearr
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And I thought that all the finer
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Sin ná Contae Mhaigh Eo
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Than the county of Mayo
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Is má théann tú choíche go Connachta
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If ever you go to Connacht
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Tabhair ruaig chun oileáin úir
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Keep going to the new island
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Inis do mo bhunadh
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Tell my people there
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Go bhfuil mé faoi bhrón
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That my sorrow knows no cure
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Go bhfuil mé tinn tréithlag
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I am lying here both sick and sad
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Is gan duine ar bith le m'fhiafraí
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Without one of my own
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Is mé ag smaointiú fríd mo néaltaí
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And I thinking long and dreaming of
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Ar Chontae Mhaigh Eo
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The county of Mayo
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Tá píopa fada cailce agam
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I have long clay pipes here
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Is tabaca le cur ann
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And a fill of tobacco
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Buidéal uisce bheatha
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I've a bottle full of whiskey
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Is an mhórchuid den leann
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And the porter freely flows
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Leaba dheas den luachair
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A bed of green rushes
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Is mo stóirín le cur inti
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For my darling to lie down
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Is cead síneadh síos go maidin
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Where I can lie 'til morning
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Le mo chailín dóighiúil donn
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With my girl so sweet and brown
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Nach deas an rud na saighdiúirí
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How fine it is to see the soldiers
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Agus fliúit an bhaile mhóir
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And to hear the flutes so grand
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Ag éirí amach ar maidin
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They rising out so early
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Is a gcuid mná deasa leo
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With their ladies arm in arm
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A gcuid beaignití faoina n-ascaillí leofa
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As underneath their oxters
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Is iad uilig ag ceol
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The bayonets brightly shine
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Is má tchíonn sibh ag dul thar sáile iad
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And Lord above, but I would love
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Is a Rí gan mise leo
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With them to cross the brine
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Liostáil mé le sáirsint
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I listed with a sergeant
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Mo creach agus mo bhrón
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I'm sorry for to own
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Chuaigh mé leis thar sáile
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I being young and foolish
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Mar bhí mé óg gan chéill
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I crossed the raging main
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Fuair mé gunnaí sásta
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Guns I had to my delight
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Agus claimhte géara bána
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Bright swords that pleased me so
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Is shíl mé féin gurbh fhearr
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And I thought that all the finer
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Sin ná Contae Mhaigh Eo
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Than the county of Mayo
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