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Téada Peigín's Peadar
   
Credits: Traditional; arranged by Téada
   
Appears On: Téada
   
Language: Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic)
   
Other Versions: "Peigin Mo Chroi" on Dervish's album Playing With Fire
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
A Pheigín na gcarad 's a Pheigín mo chroí Peigín, my friend, and Peigín, my heart
Cé hé an fear fada údan sínte leat síos? Who is that tall man stretched alongside you?
   
Curfá: Chorus (after each verse):
Ó a hó, ó a hó Oh a ho, oh a ho
Ó a hó, a stóirín mo chroí Oh a ho, my love, oh love of my heart
   
A Pheadair na gcarad 's a Pheadair mo chroí Peadar, my friend, and Peadar, my heart
Sin é do leanbh nach bhfaca tú riamh That is your baby whom you never saw
   
Ó shiúil mise thoir agus shiúil mise thiar Oh I walked east and I walked west
Ach féasóg ar leanbh ní fhaca mé riamh But a beard on a baby I have never before seen
   
A Pheigín na gcarad 's a Pheigín mo chroí Peigín, my friend, and Peigín, my heart
Éirigh i do sheasamh 'gus réitigh greim bídh Rise up now and prepare some food
   
A Pheadair na gcarad 's a Pheadair mo chroí Peadar, my friend, and Peadar, my heart
Níl ins an teach agam greim mine buí I have not a grain of yellow meal in the house
   
A Pheigín na gcarad 's a Pheigín mo chroí Peigín, my friend, and Peigín, my heart
In íochtar mo mhála tá cáca mine buí In the bottom of my bag there is a yellow meal cake
   
'S a Pheigín 's a mhaicín suífidh muid síos Peigín and my son, we will sit down
Ní fhágfad an baile chúns mhairfeas mé arís I'll never leave home again for as long as I live