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English Translation
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'gCluin sibh mise 'bhuachaillí
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Are you listening to me, lads
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An méid agaibh 'tá libh féin
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Who are alone?
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Suígí thart fán tinidh anseo
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Sit around this bonfire
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Go n-insí mé mo scéal
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And I'll tell you my story
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Bhí buachaill ar a' bhaile seo
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I lived in these lands
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'Bhí súgach aerach suairc
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A happy and carefree boy
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Agus tháinig sé 'dhénamh cleamhnais
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But I was engaged to marry
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Le cailín a' tsléibhe ruaidh
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With the girl from the reddish moor
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A spéirbhean álainn aigeantach
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"Beautiful and intelligent woman
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Ba deise méin is clú
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Of wonderful reputation
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Bí 'teacht liom féin le dúscadh 'n lae
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Come with me tomorrow
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Go bpóstar mé 'gus tú
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At the first hour and we'll be married
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Bí 'teacht liom féin amárach
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Come with me tomorrow
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'S ná bíodh ort brón ná gruaim
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And don't be sad
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Is cuirfidh mé gúna síoda ort
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As I'll put on you a silk dress
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A chailín a' tsléibhe ruaidh
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Girl from the reddish moor"
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Níorbh fhios don streabhóg ghiodalaigh
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The very frivolous girl
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Cad é ba chóir di 'rá
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Didn't know how to answer
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Ach a' dealramh 'bhí ina súile
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But the shine in her eyes
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Den oíche go ndéanfadh lá
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Turned the night into day
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A rún mo chroí 'nois díbir thusa
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"Now look, my dear
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Mearadh 'n ghrá seo uait
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Don't have any amorous illusions
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Nó is rún liom fanacht díomhain seal
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As I want to be only a season
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Ar mhalaí a' tsléibhe ruaidh
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On the boundary of the reddish moor"
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A mhaidhdean mhaiseach mharánta
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"Oh my lovely
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Cad é seo 'tá tú 'rá
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What is it that I hear you saying?
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Dearc síos a' gleann faoi bhuach na mbeann
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Look at the ravine there below the valleys
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Is breathnaigh mo chuid barr
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And look at my farming
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Tá togha na bhfear 'sna mbeathach agam
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I have the best laborers
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Ag obair ann go cruaidh
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Working for me
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'S tá stór is maoin go leor agam
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And all that I have will be yours
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Do chailín a' tsléibhe ruaidh
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Girl from the reddish moor"
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Má tá stór is maoin go leor agat
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"Even if you have many riches
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Ní domhsa is fearrde é
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That doesn't matter to me
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Nó deirtear liom go n-ólfá thusa
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As they say that you would drink
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Maoin a' tsaoil go léir
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The riches of all the world
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'Do shuí suas 'dtigh an óstaí
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Spending the night in the tavern
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'Do dhrabhlás bhocht gan chéill
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Completely drunk
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Ar feadh na hoích' ag ól 's a' gabháil
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And drinking until
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'Na bhaile le bánú 'n lae
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You return home at dawn"
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Más fear mé 'tá 'g ól, a chailín chóir
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"Well if I am a drink, girl
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Ní ólaim ach mo chuid féin
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I can pay well for it
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Chan tú 'tá 'g íoc ar son na dí
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You won't be the one to pay me for it
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Níl agat pingin mar spré
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Without a penny of dowry
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Is anois ná síl go bhfuil mo chroí
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And don't think that my heart
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Bocht briste de do chumhaidh
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Will break of sadness
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Nó fágaim thú mar fuair mé thú
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As I'll leave you where I found you
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Ar mhalaí a' tsléibhe ruaidh
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On the boundary of the reddish moor"
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