| A Neansaí, 'mhíle grá, a bhruinneall 'tá gan smál
| Nancy, 'a thousand loves, my brow' is immaculate
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| Go bhfeice mise’n t-ádh 'gus an séan ort
| May I see good luck and good luck to you
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| Ba ghile do dhá láimh ná cúr geal na trá
| Brighter for both hands than the bright foam of the beach
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| Ná'n eala 's í a' snámh ar an Éirne
| Not the swan as she swam on the Erne
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| Is glaise liom do shúil ná braon beag den drúcht
| Your eye is greener than a little drop of dew
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| Is binne liomsa tú ná na téadaí
| You are sweeter to me than the ropes
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| 'S mur' n-éalaí tusa liomsa titfidh mé i lionndubh
| And if you do not escape with me I will fall into blackness
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| 'Gus cuirfear insa chill 'do dhéidh mé
| 'And I'll be put in the cell' after me
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| Is iomaí sin guth mná a chluinimse 'ngach aird
| There are so many women's voices that I hear 'all attention
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| Abhus agus taobh thall den Éirne
| Abhus and beyond the Erne
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| Go Corcaigh na gCuan 's go Béal Ath' na Sluaigh
| To Cork of the Harbors and to Béal Ath 'na Sluaigh
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| 'Sí Neansaí 'thug bua ar a' méid sin
| 'She's Nancy' overcame that
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| A Mhuire 'gus a Dhia, nárbh aoibhinn deas é'r saol
| Our Lady and God, what a wonderful life it was
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| Dá mbeinnse agus í le chéile?
| If I and She Were Together?
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| Tráthnóna aoibhinn ciúin, ó mise 'gus mo rún
| Quiet blissful afternoon, from me 'and my secret
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| Ag cogarnaíl ar uaigneas sléibhe
| Whispering on mountain loneliness
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| Beir litir uaimse suas chuig Neansaí chaoin na gcuach
| Bring a letter from me up to Nancy crying the curls
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| Is aithris di gur buartha atá mé
| I tell her I'm worried
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| Aithris di arís nach gcodlaím féin aon oíche
| Tell her again that I never sleep alone
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| Le harraing atá trí mo thaobh deas
| With a snare that is through my right side
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| Aithris é dá súil, aithris é dá cúl
| Imitate it to his eye, imitate it to his back
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| Aithris é dá méin mhaith chéillí
| Imitate it to its good sense
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| Aithris é dá ceann 's dá béilín atá binn
| It's an imitation of her head and her sweet mouth
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| Gur ghiorraigh sí go cinnte mo laetha' | That it definitely shortened my days' |