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Buachaill ón Éirneann |
I am a boy from Ireland |
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Mé's bhéas faoi féin cailín deas óg |
And I'd coax a nice young girl |
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Níarr fain bóspré léithe |
I wouldn't ask for a dowry with her |
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Tá mé féin saibhir go leor |
I'm rich enough myself |
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'S liom corcaigh 'á mhéid é |
I own Cork, big as it is |
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Dhá thaobh a ghleanna 's Tir Roghain |
Both sides of the glen and Tyrone |
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'S mur na thiaí mé |
And if I don't change my ways |
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N' t-oidhr' ar Chonthae Mhaigeo |
I'll be the heir for County Mayo |
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Buachaileacht bó, mo Leo |
Cow herding, my Leo |
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Nar chleacht mise ariamh |
I did not ever practice |
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Ach ag imirt 's ag 'ol |
But playing and drinking |
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'Le hógmhná deasa fá shliabh |
With new young women by the mountain |
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Má chaill mé mo stór |
If I lost my wealth |
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Ní dó' gur chaill mo chiall |
And I don't think I lost my sense |
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A's ní mó liom do phóg |
And your kiss is no more to me |
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Ná 'n bhróg atá 'n caitheamh le bliain |
Than a show worn for a year |
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A chuisle 's a stór |
My love and treasure |
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Ná pós an sean duine liath |
Don't marry the old gray man |
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Ach pós a' fein óg, mo Leo |
But marry a young man, my Leo |
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Muir' maine sé ach bliain |
Even though he lives but a year |
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Nó beidh tú go fóill |
Or you'll still be |
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Gan ó nó mac os da chionn |
Without a daughter or son above you |
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A shilleadh an deor tráthnóna |
Crying in the afternoon |
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Nó 'n maidin go trom |
Or in the morning hard |
