| 'Sé mo laoch mo ghile mear
| 'Tis my hero my swift gallant
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| 'Sé mo Shéasar, gile mear
| 'Tis my Caesar, quick brightness
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| Suan gan séan ní bhfuair mé féin
| I have not found myself sleepless
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| Ó chuaigh i gcéin mo ghile mear
| Oh, my swift glee went away
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| 'Sé mo laoch mo ghile mear
| 'Tis my hero my swift gallant
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| 'Sé mo Shéasar, gile mear
| 'Tis my Caesar, quick brightness
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| Suan gan séan ní bhfuair mé féin
| I have not found myself sleepless
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| Ó chuaigh i gcéin mo ghile mear
| Oh, my swift glee went away
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| Grief and pain are all I know
| Grief and pain are all I know
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| My heart is sore
| My heart is sore
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| My tears a’flow
| My tears a’flow
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| No word we know of him…
| No word we know of him…
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| 'Sé mo laoch mo ghile mear
| 'Tis my hero my swift gallant
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| 'Sé mo Shéasar, gile mear
| 'Tis my Caesar, quick brightness
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| Suan gan séan ní bhfuair mé féin
| I have not found myself sleepless
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| Ó chuaigh i gcéin mo ghile mear
| Oh, my swift glee went away
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| A proud and gallant cavalier
| A proud and gallant cavalier
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| A high man’s scion of gentle mien
| A high man’s scion of gentle mien
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| A fiery blade engaged to reap
| A fiery blade engaged to reap
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| He’d break the bravest in the field
| He’d break the bravest in the field
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| 'Sé mo laoch mo ghile mear
| 'Tis my hero my swift gallant
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| 'Sé mo Shéasar, gile mear
| 'Tis my Caesar, quick brightness
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| Suan gan séan ní bhfuair mé féin
| I have not found myself sleepless
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| Ó chuaigh i gcéin mo ghile mear
| Oh, my swift glee went away
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| Come sing his praise as sweet harps play
| Come sing his praise as sweet harps play
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| And proudly toast his noble frame
| And proudly toast his noble frame
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| With spirit and with mind aflame
| With spirit and with mind aflame
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| So wish him strength and length of day
| So wish him strength and length of day
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| 'Sé mo laoch mo ghile mear
| 'Tis my hero my swift gallant
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| 'Sé mo Shéasar, gile mear
| 'Tis my Caesar, quick brightness
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| Suan gan séan ní bhfuair mé féin
| I have not found myself sleepless
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| Ó chuaigh i gcéin mo ghile mear | Oh, my swift glee went away |