| D'éirigh mé ar maidin a tharraing chun aonaigh mhóir
| I woke up this morning to a big fair
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| A dhíol 's a cheannacht mar dhéanfadh mo dhaoine romham
| Sell and buy as my people would before me
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| Bhuail tart ar a' bhealach mé 's shuí mise síos a dh'ól
| I was thirsty on the way and I sat down to drink
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| 'S le Siún Ní Dhuibhir gur ól mise luach na mbróg
| It's with Siún Ní Dhuibhir that I drank the value of the shoes
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| A Shiún Ní Dhuibhir an miste leat mé bheith tinn?
| Shiún Ní Dhuibhir do you mind if I'm sick?
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| Mo bhrón 's mo mhilleadh má's miste liom tú 'bheigh i gcill
| My sorrow and my ruin if I care for you 'tis in a cell
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| Bróinte 's muilte bheith scileadh ar chúl do chinn
| Grinding and grinding mills on the back of your head
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| Ach cead a bheith in Iorras go dtara síoi Éabh 'un cinn
| But be allowed to be in Erris until Eve's peace is over
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| A Shiún Ní Dhuibhir 's tú bun agus barr mo scéil
| Shiún Ní Dhuibhir and you are the bottom and top of my story
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| Ar mhná an cruinne go dtug sise 'n báire léi
| To the women of the world that she gave her favor
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| Le gile le finne le mais' is le dhá dtrian scéimh
| Brighter than light with mass' and with two - thirds beauty
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| 'S nach mise 'n trua Mhuire bheith scaradh amárach léi
| And is it not my pity for Mary to be separated from her tomorrow
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| Thiar in Iorras tá searc agus grá mo chléibh
| West in Erris is the tenderness and love of my heart
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| Planda 'n linbh a d’eitigh mo phósadh inné
| The plant of my child that rejected my marriage yesterday
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| Beir scéala uaim chuicí má thug mise póg dá béal
| Tell me if I kissed her
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| Go dtabharfainn dí tuilleadh dá gcuirfeadh siad bólacht léi
| That I would give her more if they added cattle
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| «Beir scéala uaim chuige Go dearfa nach bpósaim é
| «Tell me, I certainly will not marry him
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| Ó chuala mise gur chuir sé Le bólacht mé
| Oh I heard that he sent me With cattle
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| Nuair nach bhfuil agamsa Maoin nó mórán spré
| When I do not have Property or much dowry
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| Bíodh a rogha aige 'S beith mise 'r mo chomhairle féin» | Have his choice And I will be my own advice » |