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Lyrics
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English Translation
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Dá mbeinnse i mbliana mar bhí mé anuraidh
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Toigh beag 'bheith agam i gcois an chuain
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Chuirfinn mo bhád amach ar a' tSionainn
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Agus bhéarfainn abhaile liom mo chailín rua
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B'fhearr liom í ná bó is ná bearrach
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I prefer her to any cow or heifer
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Nó a bhfuil de loingis ag tarraingt chun cuain
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Or all the long ships drawing into the harbor
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Bhí sí mar gha gréine ag dul in éadan na ngloiní
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She was like a ray of sun reflected through glass
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Scéimh mhná na Finne le mo chailín rua
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The beauty of the Finne women my red-haired girl had
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Curfá
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Chorus (after each verse)
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Thug mé liom í ó bhaile go baile
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I took her from town to town
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Fríd Bhaile 'Cliath 'un na geaftaí crua
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Chun fhuil aon mhíle ó d'fhág mé an baile
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There's not a mile since I left town
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Nach dtug mé deoch leanna do mo chailín rua
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That I didn't give a drink of ale to my red-haired girl
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Bhí ceann gruaige leí síos go talamh
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'Gus barra na finne go dtug sí leí
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Ba mhéanar don fhear óg a gheobhadh í le mealladh
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Rogha na gcailíní mo chailín rua
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Dá mbeinn chomh saibhir is a bhí mé anuraidh
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Thógfainn toigh mór ar an chnoc údaí thuas
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Fíon agus ór 'siad bhéafainn do mo stór
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Is bhein a' gabháil ceoil le mo chailín rua
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Chan fhuil aon teach ósta a casadh romhainn sa bhealach
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There's not one tavern __
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Nach dtug mé deoch leanna do mo chailín rua
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That I didn't give a drink of ale to my red-haired girl
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Ach d'imigh sí léi le buachaill siopa
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But she left with the shop-boy
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Slán go bhfillfidh tú a chailín rua
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Farewell until you return, my red-haired girl
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