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English Translation
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Ar ghabháil go Baile Átha Cliath dom
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On my way to Dublin town
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A' chéad lá den tseachtain
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On the first day of the week
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Casadh cailín óg dom
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I met a young lass
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'Dtug mé mór-chíon dí is taitneamh
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Who delighted my eye
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D'fhiafair sí i nglór chiúin dom
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Softly she enquired
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"Cá gcónaíonn tú, a shearc-rúin?"
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Where do you live, my darling?
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"Is i dTuaifín atá mo lóistín
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"In Tooafeen I dwell
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Is m'áit chónaí le fada"
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I've lived there this long time"
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(Missing verse)
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Ceist agam féin ort
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May I ask you this
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Ó 's tú is deireanai 'd'fhág a' baile
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Since you've lately left home
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Caide mar atá do chéile
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How is your wife
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Nó an féidir go maireann?
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Or could it be she is not alive?
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Tá sí tinn tréith-lag
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She is weak and most feeble
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I bhfiabhras na leapa
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In a fever abed
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Agus mise le trí ráithe
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And me these nine months
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Ag na liaibh a' mo chreachú
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By the doctors being fleeced
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Cé'r mhiste duit féin é
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Why should you care
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Dá dtéifeadh sí faoi thalamh?
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If she were beneath the soil?
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Gheofá bean is spré léi
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You'd get a dowried woman
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Dúiche shaor agus fearann
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With free estate and land
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Bheadh airgead i do phócaí
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With money in your purse
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'Gus ór buí le scapadh
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And yellow gold to squander
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Agus maighre an chúil ór-bhuí
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And a lovely young maiden
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Le bheith a' cóiriú do leapa
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To pat down your pillow
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Ainnir na ndual buí
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My beautiful fair one
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Ná hiarr thusa mo mhealladh
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Don't try to allure me
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Tá muirín lag óg orm
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I've a feeble young family
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Is ní h-áil uaim á scapadh
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I don't want to desert them
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Níl airgead i mo phócaí
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I'll have no money in my purse
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Nó ór buí le scapadh
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No gold to squander
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Nó aon cailín óg
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Nor any young lassie
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Le bheith a' cóiriu mo leapa
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To smooth our my pillow
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(Missing verse)
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