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An Cailín Deas Óg Lyrics
An cailín deas óg a bhfuil mé ar a tóir
Mo chreach mhaidne brón ní castar liom í
Tráth théim go tigh an óil, chuig damhsa, nó spórt
Ach leanfad sa ród í ar uair an mheán oích'
Chorus:
Mar is tusa an fear óg a shiúlfas go leor
Faigh domhsa seod a bheas agam mar mhnaoi
Ná santaigh go deo maoin chaorach nó bó
Ach inseoidh mé an nós duit ina dtógfaidh tú í
Bíodh sí lách óg gan mhairg gan ghruaim
Stuama go leor ar gach uile sheort ní
Tuicsneach ró-dheas gan an iomarca bróid
Siúd í mo stóirín da mbéadh sí gan pingin
(Chorus)
Bíodh sí gan smál i gclú is i gcáil
Glan ina croí agus séimh ina méin
Gan gangaid nó gráin i mbriathra a béil
Is aoibh ar a h-éadan ó mhaidin go h-oích'
(Chorus)
Ach inseoidh mé an nós duit ina dtógfaidh tú í
Mo chreach mhaidne brón ní castar liom í
Tráth théim go tigh an óil, chuig damhsa, nó spórt
Ach leanfad sa ród í ar uair an mheán oích'
Mar is tusa an fear óg a shiúlfas go leor
Faigh domhsa seod a bheas agam mar mhnaoi
Ná santaigh go deo maoin chaorach nó bó
Ach inseoidh mé an nós duit ina dtógfaidh tú í
Stuama go leor ar gach uile sheort ní
Tuicsneach ró-dheas gan an iomarca bróid
Siúd í mo stóirín da mbéadh sí gan pingin
Glan ina croí agus séimh ina méin
Gan gangaid nó gráin i mbriathra a béil
Is aoibh ar a h-éadan ó mhaidin go h-oích'
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Here's a rough translation from the Gaelic:
This pretty young maid I seek far and wide My heartache each morn with her I don't meet When I go to the bar, the dance hall or fete But I'd follow her trail in the dead of the night
Chorus: Now you're the young man that travels afar Find me a gem I can have as my wife Never yearn or pine for flocks or for kine And I'll conjure plan that will charm her life
Have her youthful and fair with no worry or care Patient and wise in affairs of all kind Modest and mild, without too much pride That is my love if she hadn't a dime
(Chorus)
Let no blemish or shame be attached to her name Honest in heart and gentle in mien No hatred or vice to be heard in her voice But cheerful and smiling from morning 'til night
(Chorus)
And I'll charm her life