Lyrics of Moll Dubh A' Ghleanna - Altan

Moll Dubh A' Ghleanna (original)

Tá ba agam ar shliabh
'S nil duine 'gam na ndiadh
Ach mé do mo bhuaidhreadh leofa
Bíodh idir mise is Dia
Má's orthu 'tá mo thriall
Is Bhain siad mo chiall go mór uaim
'Sí Moll Dubh a' Ghleanna í
'Sí Moll Dubh an Earraigh í
'Sí Moll Dubh is deirge ná'n rósa
'S dá bhfaighinnse féin mo roghainn
De mhná óga deasa 'n domhain
'Sí Moll Dubh a' Ghleanna ab fhearr liom
Mise bheith gan mhaoi
Feasta choíche ní bhim
Is Moll dubh bheith I dtús a h-óige
Och, is fann guth an éin
A labhras leis féin
Ar thulaigh nó ar thaobh na monadh
Is ag Moll dubh a' ghleanna
Tá mo chroí-se I dtaiscí
'S í nach bhfuair guth na náire
Is go ceillí, múinte, cneasta
A dúirt sí liom ar maidin
«Ó imigh uaim 's nach pill go brách orm»
Níl'n óganach geanúil
Ó Bhaile Átha Cliath go Gaillimh
Is timpeall go h-Umhaill Uí Mháinnle
Nach bhfuil a dtriall ulig 'na ghleanna
Ar eacraidh slime sleamhainne
I ndúil leis an bhean dubh a b 'aille

(translation)

I have cows on a mountain
And no one is after them
But I for my trouble with them
Be between me and God
If's on them 'tis my journey
They made a lot of sense to me
It's the Black Moll of the Valley
It's the Black Moll of Spring
Black Moll is redder than the rose
And if I get my own choice
Of pretty young women in the world
My favorite was Black Moll of the Valley
I being helpless
I will never be again
Being in the beginning of her youth is a black mole
Oh, the bird's voice is faint
A laurel to himself
On mounds or hillsides
Moll dubh is the glen
My heart is in deposits
She did not get the voice of shame
It is sensible, polite, honest
She told me this morning
«Oh leave me and never return to me»
The young man is not affectionate
From Dublin to Galway
It is around Umhail Uí Mháinnle
Their trial is not all in the valleys
On slippery slime acres
Expecting the most beautiful black woman