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Tá ba agam ar shliabh |
I have cattle on the hill |
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'S nil duine 'gam na ndiadh |
With no one there to tend them |
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Ach mé do mo bhuaidhreadh leofa |
And for them I am deeply worried |
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Bíodh idir mise is Dia |
Between myself and God |
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Má's orthu 'tá mo thriall |
To them I take the trail |
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Is Bhain siad mo chiall go mór uaim |
For they have taken my senses from me |
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Chorus (after each verse): |
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'Sí Moll Dubh a' Ghleanna í |
She's Moll Dubh of the valley |
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'Sí Moll Dubh an Earraigh í |
She's Moll Dubh of spring |
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'Sí Moll Dubh is deirge ná'n rósa |
She's Moll Dubh, more ruddy than the red rose |
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'S dá bhfaighinnse féin mo roghainn |
And if I had to choose |
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De mhná óga deasa 'n domhain |
From the young maids of the world |
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'Sí Moll Dubh a' Ghleanna ab fhearr liom |
Moll Dubh a' Ghleanna would be my fancy |
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Mise bheith gan mhaoi |
Me without a wife |
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Feasta choíche ní bhim |
I won't be all my life |
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Is Moll dubh bheith i dtús a h-óige |
And Moll Dubh in youth just blooming |
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Och, is fann guth an éin |
Lifeless the song of the bird |
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A labhras leis féin |
That sings alone |
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Ar thulaigh nó ar thaobh na monadh |
On a mound by the edge of the moorland |
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Is ag Moll dubh a' ghleanna |
The Dark Molly of the glen |
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Tá mo chroí-se i dtaiscí |
Has my heart in her keeping |
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'S í nach bhfuair guth na náire |
She never had reproach or shame |
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Is go ceillí, múinte, cneasta |
So mannerly and honestly |
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A dúirt sí liom ar maidin |
She said to me this morning |
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"Ó imigh uaim 's nach pill go brách orm" |
"Depart from me and do not come again" |
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Níl'n óganach geanúil |
There's not a handsome youth |
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Ó Bhaile Átha Cliath go Gaillimh |
From Dublin down to Galway |
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Is timpeall go h-Umhaill Uí Mháinnle |
And around by 'Umhail Uí Mháinnle' |
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Nach bhfuil a dtriall ulig 'na ghleanna |
That's not heading for the glen |
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Ar eacraidh slime sleamhainne |
On steeds so sleek and slim |
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I ndúil leis an bhean dubh a b 'aille |
Hoping to win the dark maid's affection |
