| Tá bean in Éirinn a phronnfadh séad domh is mo sháith le n-ól
| There is a woman in Ireland who would give me a jewel and my fill
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| Is tá bean in Éirinn is ba bhinne léithe mo ráfla ceoil
| And there's a woman in Ireland who loves my musical rumor
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| Ná seinm théad; | Do not play the strings; |
| atá bean in éirinn is níorbh fhearr léi beo
| who is a woman in ireland who would rather not live
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| Mise ag léimnigh nó leagtha i gcré is mo thárr faoi fhód
| I'm jumping or lying in the ground, my back is under my jaw
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| Tá bean in Éirinn a bheadh ag éad liom mur' bhfaighfinn ach póg
| There's a woman in Ireland who would be jealous of me if I only got a kiss
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| Ó bhean ar aonach, nach ait an scéala, is mo dháimh féin leo;
| From a woman at a fair, the story is not strange, they are my own affair with them;
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| Tá bean ab fhearr liom nó cath is céad dhíobh nach bhfagham go deo
| There's my favorite woman or a battle of a hundred of them that I will never win
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| Is tá cailín spéiriúil ag fear gan Bhéarla, dubhghránna cróin
| A man without English has a celestial girl, black-eyed crown
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| Tá bean a déarfadh dá siulfainn léi go bhfaighinn an t-ór
| There is a woman who would say if I walked with her I would get the gold
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| Is tá bean 'na léine is fearr a méin ná táinte bó
| A woman's shirt is better for her than a cow's milk
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| Le bean a bhuairfeadh Baile an Mhaoir is clár Thír Eoghain
| With a woman who would win Baile an Mhaoir is a Tyrone program
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| Is ní fheicim leigheas ar mo ghalar féin ach scaird a dh'ól | I see no cure for my own disease but drink a jet |