| Chuaigh mé isteach I dteach aréir
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| Is d’iarr mé cairde ar mhnaoi an leanna
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| Is é dúirt sí liom «ní bhfaighidh tú deor
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| Buail an bóthar is gabh abhaile.»
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| Curfá:
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| Níl sé ina lá, níl a ghrá
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| Níl sé ina lá is ní bheidh go maidin
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| Níl sé ina lá is ní bheidh go fóill
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| Solas ard atá sa ghealaigh
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| Chuir mé féin mo lámh I mo phóca
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| Is d’iarr mé briseadh scillinge uirthi
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| Is é dúirt sí liom «suigh síos ag bord
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| Is bí ag ól anseo go maidin.»
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| Curfá
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| «éirigh I do shuí, a fhear an tí
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| Cuir ort do bhrístí is do hata
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| Go gcoinne tú ceol leis an duine cóir
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| A bheas ag ól anseo go maidin.»
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| Curfá
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| Nach mise féin an fear gan chéill
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| A d’fhág mo chíos in mo scornaigh?
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| D’fhág mé léan orm féin
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| Is d’fhág mé séan ar dhaoine eile
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| Translation
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| I went into a tavern, and the barkeep
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| Doesn’t much care for the look of me
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| I look like I’ve got no money on me
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| She tells me to hit the road
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| I put my hand into my pocket
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| I asked if she could break a shilling
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| She said to me «sit down at the table
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| You’ll be drinking here 'till morning.»
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| She roused the man of the house
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| Tells him to get up, put his trousers and hat on
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| And go out and find a musician to entertain me
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| So I’ll stay here drinking until morning
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| Was I the man without sense
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| To leave my money when I’d been scorned?
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| I left woefully
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| I left a sign to other people |