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English Translation
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Má théid tú 'un aonaigh
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If you go to market
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Bíodh do chaora leat, a holann agus a huain
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Bring your sheep with you, its wool and its lamb
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Má théid tú a shuirghe
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If you go courting
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Bíodh do mhian agat ar thoiseach a' tslóigh
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Bring your desire with you for all to see
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Ó bíodh sí aoibheall ceanúil caoimheamhail
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If she's pleasant, kind and fair
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Agus measamhail in a cliú
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And mindful of her good name
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Ní hé an mhaoin a bhéarfas i dtír thú
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She's not the treasure you think
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Is ná mealltar léith thú
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And don't be enticed by her
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A annsacht cé'r bh'annsa duit
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My darling, what good would
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Bean eile agat nó mé
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Another woman be to you?
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'S gur tú 'n plannda deas
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For you're the handsome one
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A shanntaigh mé i dtoiseach mo shaoil
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I've coveted for a long time
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Thug mé fancy duit gan amhras
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I fancied you without a doubt
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Mar bhí mise gan chéill
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For I was out of my mind
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Focal cainnte ná rabh insa gcionn an té
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Let he who would not praise me to you
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Nach molfadh leat-sa mé
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Be struck dumb
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Cha dtáinig smúid ar mo shúilibh
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My eyes didn't close
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Is char chodail mise néal
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And I didn't sleep a wink
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Ar an ndúil le mo rún-searc
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Waiting on my true love
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Ó thuit an óiche aréir
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Since last night
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Ar mo ghlúnaibh leat go siúlfainn
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On my knees I would walk
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An domhan mór 'do dhéidh
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This wide world after you
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Is chan fada, má thréigir mé
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And it won't be long, if I'm deserted
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Go mbéidh mé 'gabháil sa chré
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'Til I'm buried in the clay
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