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One day for recreation
‘na haonar ‘sí i siop’ istigh.
She was singing like an angel
Is mé ag éisteacht lena binne ghuth,
I whispered soft and aisy
‘Sé dúirt sí lig do’d radaireacht.

Curfá
‘S anonn s’anall a Mháirín
Do mhalai is do bheilteanna
‘Sa bhean na stocai bána
Ba bhrea liom bheith ag iomai leat.

Her amber locks most nately
Go dréimreach a titim leí,
A’ down her back and waist
Is gur phreab mo chroí le taithneamh dí.
I axed was she the fair one
An bean-dia úd bhi ag Iúpatair,
Or the bright-some vestal deity
‘Chaith tréimse seal in ifrinn

She answered me most daintily
‘Ní h-éinne mar a thuigis mé;
I fear you are a réice,
‘S na taobhaigh a thuilleadh mé!’
‘Indeed I am no réice,
No straeire ‘bhréagfadh bruinneall seal-
I’m a pupil of Jack Leahy,
‘Se an áit a gchónaim Muc (a)ros!’

I axed her who her father was,
‘S e ‘dúirt gurb é, ‘An Ministir’,
I knew I stood in danger,
‘S gur bhaolach dom dá bhfeicti sinn.
‘If I had you in a nate grove
Idir Cladach agus Muc (a) ros,
Your sparkling eyes do tase me-
Trí lár mo chroí tugaim taitneamh duit!’

Her syllables most charming-
‘S gur bhreá liom bheith ‘n cuideachta
‘S gur bhinne liom na ‘n chláirseach
‘S gach ardphort dá seinneadh sí.
“You’ll get my stock and farm
Má théann tú liom go Muc(a)ros’.
And then she sang most charming:
‘A ghrá geal, I’m fond of you!’

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from M​ó​r Mo Mholadh Great Is My Praise, released May 16, 2021

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