| Come single belle and beau, unto me pay attention
| Ven solteros belle and beau, a mí presta atención
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| Don’t ever fall in love, it’s the devil’s own invention
| No te enamores nunca, es un invento del diablo
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| Once I fell in love with a lady so bewitching
| Una vez me enamoré de una dama tan hechizante
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| Miss Henrietta Bell out of Captain Kelly’s kitchen
| Miss Henrietta Bell fuera de la cocina del Capitán Kelly
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| With me toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Conmigo toora loora la, toora loora laddie
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho
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| With me toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Conmigo toora loora la, toora loora laddie
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho
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| At the age of seventeen I was 'prenticed to a grocer
| A la edad de diecisiete años fui 'aprendiz de un tendero
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| Not far from Stephen’s Green, where Miss Henry used to go sir
| No muy lejos de Stephen's Green, donde solía ir la señorita Henry, señor.
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| Her manners were so fine, she set my heart a-twitchin'
| Sus modales eran tan buenos que hizo que mi corazón se estremeciera
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| She invited me to a courtin' in the kitchen
| Ella me invitó a un cortejo en la cocina
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| With me toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Conmigo toora loora la, toora loora laddie
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho
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| With me toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Conmigo toora loora la, toora loora laddie
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho
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| Next Sunday being the day, that we went to have a flare-up
| El próximo domingo es el día en que fuimos a tener un brote.
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| I dressed me self quite gay and I frizzed and oiled me hair up
| Me vestí bastante gay y me encrespé y me engrasé el cabello.
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| The captain had no wife, he had gone on fishin'
| El capitán no tenía esposa, se había ido a pescar
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| So we kicked up high life to hooley in the kitchen
| Así que le dimos una buena vida a Holey en la cocina
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| With me toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Conmigo toora loora la, toora loora laddie
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho
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| With me toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Conmigo toora loora la, toora loora laddie
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho
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| She slipped up to her room, I says good Lord, oh lady
| Ella se deslizó hasta su habitación, yo digo buen Dios, oh señora
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| She came back down the stairs, wearin' nothin' but her nightie
| Volvió a bajar las escaleras, usando nada más que su camisón
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| With her arms around me waist, she slyly hinted marriage
| Con sus brazos alrededor de mi cintura, insinuó astutamente matrimonio.
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| When to the door in haste, came captain Kelly’s carriage
| Cuando a la puerta a toda prisa, llegó el carruaje del capitán Kelly
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| With me toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Conmigo toora loora la, toora loora laddie
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho
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| With me toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Conmigo toora loora la, toora loora laddie
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho
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| When the captain came downstairs, do we see me situation
| Cuando el capitán bajó las escaleras, ¿nos vemos en mi situación?
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| In spite of all me prayers, I was marched off to the station
| A pesar de todas mis oraciones, me llevaron a la estación
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| For me they set no bail, but to get to the home I was itchin'
| A mí no me pusieron fianza, pero para llegar a la casa me picaba
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| And I had to tell the tailor, for I came in to the kitchen
| Y tuve que decírselo al sastre, porque entré a la cocina
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| Well, I swore she did invite me, though she gave a flat denial
| Bueno, juré que ella me invitó, aunque lo negó rotundamente.
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| For assault, they did indict me and I was sent for trial
| Por agresión sí me acusaron y me mandaron a juicio
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| She swore I robbed the house in spite of all me screechin'
| Ella juró que robé la casa a pesar de todos mis chillidos
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| And I got six months hard, for me courtin' in the kitchen
| Y tengo seis meses duros, para mí cortejando en la cocina
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| With me toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Conmigo toora loora la, toora loora laddie
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho
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| With me toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Conmigo toora loora la, toora loora laddie
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho
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| With me toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Conmigo toora loora la, toora loora laddie
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho
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| With me toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Conmigo toora loora la, toora loora laddie
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho
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| With me toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Conmigo toora loora la, toora loora laddie
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho
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| With me toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Conmigo toora loora la, toora loora laddie
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho
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| With me toora loora la, toora loora laddie
| Conmigo toora loora la, toora loora laddie
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| Toora loora la, toora loora laddie | Toora loora la, toora loora muchacho |