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Ólaim punch 's ólaim tae |
I drink tea and I drink punch |
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'S an lá ina déidh sin ólaim toddy |
And the following day I drink toddy |
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Ní bhím ar meisce ach uair sa ré |
I'm only drunk but once a month |
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Mo ghrása 'n déirc is an té a cheap í |
Thanks for charity, and from anybody |
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Maíodh gach n-aon a slí sa tsaol |
Everyone considers all life's ways |
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Maíodh an chléir 's maíodh an ceannaí |
Thinks of the clergy, thinks of buying |
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Maíodh na mílte a maoin 's a réim |
Thinks of the army, its power and sway |
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Maímse an déirc, 'sí an chéird is fearr í |
But sure charity is the trade I'm trying |
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Ar mo thíocht a luí ar thréad |
Some farmed land now I see |
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An bhuí san fhéith 's na héimh ag leannaí |
The golden meadow and lambing sheep |
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Báisteach dhaoirse 's rinn ar ghaoth |
There's a driving rain and a cutting breeze |
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Ó táim le déirc 's ni baol do m' gharraí |
Never a threat to my crops, for none I keep |
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Is sámh a bhím im' luí na gréin |
Now under the sun I'm happy still |
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Gan suim sa t-saol ach scléip 's starraíocht |
Never a care in the world, just joy replayed |
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Gan cháin gan chíos ach m'intinn saor |
No tax nor worry, but my own free will |
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Nach fearr í 'n déirc ná céird 's ealaín? |
Charity sure beats craft or trade |
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Lá má bhím le híota tréith |
If one day I'm cursed with drought |
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Bead an lá ina dhéidh ag glaoch na gcannaí |
The following day I'll be ordering toddy |
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Lá le fion 's arís gan bhraon |
One day with wine, the next without |
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Mo ghrása 'n déirc 's an té a cheap í |
Thanks for charity, and from anybody |
