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Aililiú Na Gamhna |
| Credits : | Traditional; arranged by Karan Casey, John Doyle, Séamus Egan, Winifred Horan, John Williams & Johnny Cunningham |
| Appears On : | Sunny Spells And Scattered Showers |
| Language : | Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic) |
| Other Versions : |
"
Aililiú Na Gamhna
" on Dervish's album Live In Palma
" Aililiu Na Gamhna " on Órla Fallon's album The Water Is Wide |
| Lyrics : | English Translation : |
| Is iníon d'aoire mé | I'm a herdsman's daughter |
| Féinig gan amhras | Sure enough |
| Do bhíodh ina cónaí | Who once lived |
| Cois taobh na Leamhna | Down by the banks of the Laune |
| Bhí bothán agam féin ann | I had a cabin there |
| Is fuinneog i gceann de | A window in the gable |
| Fad a bhíodh an bainne ag téamh agam | While I heated the milk |
| 'Sea ghlaofainn ar na gamhna | I called in the calves |
| Curfá : | Chorus : |
| Aililiú na gamhna | Aililiú the calves |
| Na gamhna bána | The pretty calves |
| Aililiú na gamhna | Aililiú the calves |
| Na gamhna b'iad a b'fhearr liom | I loved them the best |
| Aililiú na gamhna | Aililiú the calves |
| Na gamhna geala bána | The fine pretty calves |
| Na gamhna maidin shamhraidh | Dancing in the meadow |
| Ag damhsa ar na bánta | On a clear summer's morning |
| Faightear dom cana | Get me a can |
| Is faightear dom bhuarach | And get me a ladle |
| Is faightear dom soitheach | Get me a vessel |
| Ina gcuirfead mo chuid uachtair | To take all the cream |
| Ceolta sí na cruinne bheith | The magic music of the world |
| Á síorchur i m'chluasa | Always around me |
| Ba bhinne liomsa géimneach na mbó | But sweeter still the cattle |
| Ag teacht chun buaile | Lowing to the parlor |
| (Curfá) | (Chorus) |
| Rachaimid ar an aonach | Let us go to the fair |
| Is ceannóimid gamhna | And buy us some calves |
| Is cuirfimid ar féar iad | Put them to grass out |
| Amach ins na gleannta | Above in the valleys |
| Íosfaidh siad an féar | They'll eat all the grass |
| Is barr an aitinn ghallda | And the tufts of the strange gorse |
| Is tiocfaidh siad abhaile chun | And come home for the milk |
| An bhainne i gcóir an tSamhraidh | At the start of the summer |
| (Curfá 2x) | (Chorus 2x) |