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Another Sky Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin
   
Credits: Traditional; arranged by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Ciaran Tourish, Dermot Byrne, Ciaran Curran & Mark Kelly
   
Appears On: Another Sky
   
Language: Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic)
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
Is trua gán mé thiar It's a pity I'm not over
Ag Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin At Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin's
Seachtain nó dhó go gcóiríodh For a week or two until he would
S m'fhallaing domh Repair my cloak for me
Mise gach neoin a breith 'seoladh I would be driving his cattle
A chuid eallaigh dó Each afternoon
'S mé bheith ag baint chnó And I'd be collecting nuts
Faoi theorainn an bhaile seo On the border on this townland
   
Curfá: Chorus (after each verse):
Is Ailín na rún And Ailín, my love
Na rún is na rún My love and my love
Do Úna Ní Ailleagáin To Úna Ní Ailleagáin
Corraigh do chroí Move your heart
   
Tá cailín beag thíos anseo There's a young girl below here
A bhfuil páirc mhaith phise aici Who has a fine field of peas
Knot ina cúl A knot in her hair
Is níl imeacht ar fhear aici And she can't get away from a man
Sílidh sí féin go bhfuil She thinks herself, she has got
Spalpaire fir aici A big, strapping man
Ach bheirimse an leabhair duit But I swear by the book
Ré fear ar bith aici That she has no man at all
   
Nuair a thigimsa ón tsliabh When I come from the mountain
Bíonn cliabh den mhóin orm I've a creel of turf with me
Suímsa síos bíonn fuacht I sit down
Agus tuirse orm And I'm cold and hungry
'Sé duirt ainnir na gcliabh The maid of the tresses said
Gan stiall de do bhrat agam I wish I'd a strip of your cloak
Is trua gan do ghiall beag It's a pity I haven't your little jaw
Thiar faoi fhód agam Beyond under the sod
   
Is trua gán mé thiar It's a pity I'm not over
Ag Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin At Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin's
Seachtain nó dhó go gcóiríodh For a week or two until he would
S m'fhallaing domh Repair my cloak for me
Mise gach neoin a breith 'seoladh I would be driving his cattle
A chuid eallaigh dó Each afternoon
'S mé bheith ag baint chnó And I'd be collecting nuts
Faoi theorainn an bhaile seo On the border on this townland