| Tá ba agam ar shliabh
| I have cows on a mountain
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| 'S nil duine 'gam na ndiadh
| And no one is after them
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| Ach mé do mo bhuaidhreadh leofa
| But I for my trouble with them
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| Bíodh idir mise is Dia
| Be between me and God
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| Má's orthu 'tá mo thriall
| If's on them 'tis my journey
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| Is Bhain siad mo chiall go mór uaim
| They made a lot of sense to me
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| 'Sí Moll Dubh a' Ghleanna í
| It's the Black Moll of the Valley
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| 'Sí Moll Dubh an Earraigh í
| It's the Black Moll of Spring
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| 'Sí Moll Dubh is deirge ná'n rósa
| Black Moll is redder than the rose
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| 'S dá bhfaighinnse féin mo roghainn
| And if I get my own choice
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| De mhná óga deasa 'n domhain
| Of pretty young women in the world
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| 'Sí Moll Dubh a' Ghleanna ab fhearr liom
| My favorite was Black Moll of the Valley
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| Mise bheith gan mhaoi
| I being helpless
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| Feasta choíche ní bhim
| I will never be again
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| Is Moll dubh bheith I dtús a h-óige
| Being in the beginning of her youth is a black mole
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| Och, is fann guth an éin
| Oh, the bird's voice is faint
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| A labhras leis féin
| A laurel to himself
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| Ar thulaigh nó ar thaobh na monadh
| On mounds or hillsides
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| Is ag Moll dubh a' ghleanna
| Moll dubh is the glen
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| Tá mo chroí-se I dtaiscí
| My heart is in deposits
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| 'S í nach bhfuair guth na náire
| She did not get the voice of shame
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| Is go ceillí, múinte, cneasta
| It is sensible, polite, honest
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| A dúirt sí liom ar maidin
| She told me this morning
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| «Ó imigh uaim 's nach pill go brách orm»
| «Oh leave me and never return to me»
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| Níl'n óganach geanúil
| The young man is not affectionate
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| Ó Bhaile Átha Cliath go Gaillimh
| From Dublin to Galway
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| Is timpeall go h-Umhaill Uí Mháinnle
| It is around Umhail Uí Mháinnle
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| Nach bhfuil a dtriall ulig 'na ghleanna
| Their trial is not all in the valleys
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| Ar eacraidh slime sleamhainne
| On slippery slime acres
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| I ndúil leis an bhean dubh a b 'aille | Expecting the most beautiful black woman |