| In the year of one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight
| En el año de mil setecientos noventa y ocho
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| A sorrowful tale, the truth unto you I’ll relate
| Una historia dolorosa, la verdad os contaré
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| Thirty-six heroes to the world they were left to be seen
| Treinta y seis héroes para el mundo quedaron para ser vistos
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| By a false information were shot on Dunlavin Green
| Por una información falsa recibieron un disparo en Dunlavin Green
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| Bad luck to you, Saunders, for you did their lives betray
| Mala suerte para ti, Saunders, porque traicionaste sus vidas.
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| You said a parade would be held on that very same day
| Dijiste que se llevaría a cabo un desfile ese mismo día
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| Our drums, they did rattle, our fifes, they did sweetly play
| Nuestros tambores, sonaron, nuestros pífanos, tocaron dulcemente
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| Surrounded we were and privately marched away
| Rodeados estábamos y marchamos en privado
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| Quite easy they led us like prisoners through the town
| Bastante fácil nos condujeron como prisioneros por el pueblo
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| To be shot on the plain, we first were forced to kneel down
| Para ser fusilados en la llanura, primero nos obligaron a arrodillarnos
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| Such grief and such sorrow were never before there seen
| Tal dolor y tal dolor nunca antes se habían visto allí
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| When the blood ran in the streams down the dykes of Dunlavin Green
| Cuando la sangre corría en los arroyos por los diques de Dunlavin Green
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| There is young Matty Farrell who has plenty of cause to complain
| Hay un joven Matty Farrell que tiene muchos motivos para quejarse
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| Likewise the two Duffys who were shot down upon the plain
| Del mismo modo, los dos Duffy que fueron derribados en la llanura
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| Young Andy Ryan, his mother distracted will run
| El joven Andy Ryan, su madre distraída correrá
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| For the loss of her darling, her only beloved son
| Por la pérdida de su amado, su único hijo amado
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| Some of our boys to the hills, they are going away
| Algunos de nuestros muchachos a las colinas, se van
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| Some of them shot and more of them going to sea
| Algunos de ellos fusilados y más de ellos yendo al mar
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| Michael Dwyer in the mountains to Saunders, he owes a spleen
| Michael Dwyer en las montañas a Saunders, le debe un bazo
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| For loss of his brothers who were shot on Dunlavin Green
| Por la pérdida de sus hermanos que fueron baleados en Dunlavin Green
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| Bad luck to you, Saunders, bad luck may you never shun
| Mala suerte para ti, Saunders, mala suerte que nunca rechaces
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| May the widow’s curse melt you like snow in the noonday sun
| Que la maldición de la viuda te derrita como la nieve al sol del mediodía
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| Cries of the orphans, their murmurs you cannot screen
| Gritos de los huérfanos, sus murmullos no puedes filtrar
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| For the loss of their fathers who were shot on Dunlavin Green
| Por la pérdida de sus padres que fueron baleados en Dunlavin Green
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| In the year of one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight
| En el año de mil setecientos noventa y ocho
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| A sorrowful tale, the truth unto you I’ll relate
| Una historia dolorosa, la verdad os contaré
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| Thirty-six heroes to the world they were left to be seen
| Treinta y seis héroes para el mundo quedaron para ser vistos
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| By a false information were shot on Dunlavin Green | Por una información falsa recibieron un disparo en Dunlavin Green |