Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Siúil A Rúin, artist - Clannad.
Date of issue: 25.01.1999
Song language: English
Siúil A Rúin |
I wish I was on yonder hill |
'Tis there I’d sit and cry my fill, |
And every tear would turn a mill, |
Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn. |
Chorus (in phonetic Gaelic) |
Shule, shule, shule aroon, |
Shule go succir agus, shule go kewn, |
Shule go durrus oggus aylig lume, |
Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn. |
I’ll sell my rock, I’ll sell my reel, |
I’ll sell my only spinning wheel, |
To buy my love a sword of steel |
Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn. |
Chorus |
I’ll dye my petticoats, I’ll dye them red, |
And 'round the world I’ll beg my bread, |
Until my parents shall wish me dead, |
Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn. |
Chorus |
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain, |
I wish I had my heart again, |
And vainly think I’d not complain, |
Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn. |
Chorus |
But now my love has gone to France, |
To try his fortune to advance; |
If he e’er come back, 'tis but a chance, |
Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn. |
Chorus |
Translation |
Provided by Lindsay Labanca |
Chorus: |
Come, come, come, O love, |
Quickly come to me, softly move; |
Come to the door, and away we’ll flee, |
And safe for aye may my darling be! |