| Buachaill ón Éirne mé 's bhréagfainn féin cailín deas óg
| I'm a boy from the Erne and I would dream of a pretty young girl
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| Ní iarrfainn bó spré léi tá mé fhéin saibhir go leor
| I would not ask a cow to milk her I am rich enough
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| 'S liom Corcaigh da mhéid é, dhá thaobh
| I own Cork for its size, two sides
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| A' ghleanna 's Tír Eoghain
| The Glen and Tyrone
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| 'S mura n-athraí mé béasaí 's mé n' t-oidhr'
| And if I do not change my manners I am your heir
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| Ar Chontae Mhaigh Eo
| On County Mayo
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| Rachaidh mé 'márach ag dhéanamh leanna fán choill
| I'm going to make beer in the woods tomorrow
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| Gan choite gan bád gan gráinnín brach' ar bith liom
| No boat, no boat, no grain of malt 'with me
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| Ach duilliúr na gcraobh mar éadaigh leapa os mo chionn
| But the foliage of the branches as bedding above me
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| 'S óró sheacht m’anam déag thú 's tú 'féachaint orm anall
| You are my seventeen souls as you look at me
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| Buachailleacht bó, mo leo, nár chleacht mise ariamh
| Cow herding, my dear, that I never practiced
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| Ach ag imirt 's ag ól le h'ógmhná deasa an tsliabh
| But playing and drinking with the pretty young women of the mountain
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| Má chaill mé mo stór ní moide gur chaill mé mo chiall
| If I lost my treasure it's not that I lost my senses
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| A’s ní mó liom do phóg ná'n bhróg atáim ag caitheamh le bliain | I love your kiss more than the shoe I've been wearing for a year |