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English Translation
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Ó chuaigh mé seal tamaill ar cuairt
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Since I've been traveling
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Gur bhreathnaigh mé uaim an spéir
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I have watched the sky
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Ó thart fá na hoileáin de ruaig
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Chased 'round about the island
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Mar eilit is cú ina diaidh
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Like a doe chased by a hound
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Is é deireadh gach duine fán chuan
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And everyone around the harbor said
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Nuair a tháinig mé anuas fán ché
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When I arrived at the quay
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"Ó aithním go maigh ar do ghruaim
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"I can tell from your gloom
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Gur fear thú a bhfuil tóir ina dhiaidh"
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That you're a man being chased"
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Casadh domh cailín deas óg
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I met a nice young girl
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Ach má casadh, is í labhair go géar
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But right away she spoke sharply
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"Más fear thú a bhain dó mhnaoi óig
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"If you're the man who molested young women
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Ní mholaim go mór do cheird
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I don't think much of your kind
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Chonaic mé fear ar tír mór
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I saw a man on the mainland
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Is é ag imeacht gan bhróig inné
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Wandering around barefoot yesterday
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Is dóigh liom gur tusa an fear óg
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And I think that you're the young fellow
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A bhfuiltear sa tóir ina dhiaidh"
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Who has someone chasing him"
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D'fhreagair mé an ainnir dheas óg
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I answered the nice young girl
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Mar ghlac sí go mór mo scéal
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So she understood my story well
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"Atad thusa a' do mhagadh níos mó
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"Don't tease me anymore
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Ná ní duine den tsórt sin mé
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As I'm not that kind of man
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Ach druid thusa anall a mo chomhair
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But come over here in front of me
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Agus stad de ghlór gan chéill
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And stop chattering that nonsense
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Nó rachaidh mé os coinne mo shróin'
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Or I'll disappear in front of your face
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Amach ar tír mór de léim"
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And go back to the mainland right now"
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Nuair a thit muid chun tuirse is chun bróin
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When we got tired and depressed
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Is é d'fhiafraíos den óigbhean chiúin
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I inquired of the quiet young woman
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"Cá háit a bhfaighidh muid gloine le hól
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"Where can we get something to drink
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A thógfas an brón seo dínn?"
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That will take this sadness from us?"
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"Ó tá teach beag ar leataobh an róid
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"There's a little house on the side of the road
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Agus coinníonn sé i gcónaí braon
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And there's always a drop kept there
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Gabh thusa agus rappáil ar bord
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Go and rap on the board
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Is ní dhiolfaidh do phócaí aon phingin"
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And you won't have to spend a penny"
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Nuair a chuaigh muid isteach go tigh an óil
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When we went into the shebeen
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Ó b'fhaiteach go leor muid suí
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We nervously sat down
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Ar fhaitíos is go dtiocfadh an tóir
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For fear that we'd be found out
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Is go mbainfí an óigbhean díom
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And the young woman taken from me
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Nuair a fuair muid gach ní nar ba chóir
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When we found what we wanted
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Dúirt mise gur chóir dúinn siúl
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I said we should take a walk
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Ach sé dúirt sí, "Bí thusa a' ghabháil cheoil
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But she said, "Sing some songs
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Is ní dhíolfaidh dó phócaí aon phingin"
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And it won't cost you a penny"
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Ó ní raibh mé i bhfad ag gabháil cheoil
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Oh I wasn't singing for very long
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Gur chruinnigh an t-aos óg chun tí
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When the young men came to the shebeen
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Bhi gach duine is a juga ina dhorn
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Every one of them with a jug in his hand
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Le comóradh a thabhairt don dís
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To accompany the two of us
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Bhí biotáilte fairsing go leor
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There was plenty of drink to go around
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Is gan mórán á ól sa tír
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Since not many folks in the countryside drink
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Ach dá n-ólfainnse galún Uí Dhónaill
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But if I could drink a gallon of O'Donnell's
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B'fhurasta mo scór a dhíol
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It would be easy to pay for my twenty drinks
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