Curfá: Chorus:
Má bhíonn tú liom If you're with me
Bí liom os comhair lán an tí Be with me in front of all the people in the house
Má bhíonn tú liom If you're with me
Bí liom go ló geal is oíche Be with me all day and all night
Má bhíonn tú liom If you're with me
Bí liom gach orlach de do chroí Be with me truly in your heart
'Sé mo léan le fonn It is my great sadness
Nach liom Dé Domhnaigh thú mar mhnaoi That you aren't mine on Sunday as my wife
Dhá mbéadh spré ag an gcat If the cat had a dowry
Nach deas mar a phógfaí a bhéal How nicely his mouth would be kissed
Mura mbeadh nach fada And if he didn't, it's a long way
Ó bhaile a sheolfaí é From home he would be driven
Tá iníon na caillí gioblaí The twisted, wretched witch's daughter
Casta pósta ó aréir Is married since last night
'S tá mo chailín ag baile And my girl's at home
'S gan duine aici a phógfadh a béal With no one to kiss her mouth
(Curfá) (Chorus)
'S cén cat mara a chas And what misfortune that
In san áit seo mé? Directed me to this place?
Nach iomaí cailín There is many a girl in the village
A d'fhága mé i mo dhiaidh That I left behind
Mar gheall ar throid 's ar bhruíon Because of a fight and a quarrel
'S ar rud éicint nárbh fhíor And something that wasn't even true
Muise, óinseach caillí Musha, a silly hag
'S iníon aici a bhí gan chiall And her daughter that had no sense
'S chuirfinn, threabhfainn I would plow and plant
'S chraithfinn an síol go domhain sa gcré The seed deep in the soil
'S sheolfainn na beithígh sna páirceanna And I would drive the cows to the fields
'S airde a fhásann féar Where the tallest grass grows
Chuirfinn crú ar an each ba dheise I would shoe a horse that was
'S ba lúfaire a shiúil riamh féar The nicest and fastest ever
Ach d'éalódh bean le fear And a woman would elope with a man
Nach ndéanfadh é sin féin Who wouldn't even do that
(Curfá)
Má bhíonn tú liom If you're with me
Bí liom os comhair lán an tí Be with me in front of all the people in the house
Má bhíonn tú liom If you're with me
Bí liom go ló geal is oíche Be with me all day and all night
Má bhíonn tú liom If you're with me
Bí liom gach orlach de do chroí Be with me truly in your heart
'Sé mo léan le fonn It is my great sadness
Nach liom Dé Domhnaigh thú mar mhnaoi That you aren't mine on Sunday as my wife
Dhá mbéadh spré ag an gcat If the cat had a dowry
Nach deas mar a phógfaí a bhéal How nicely his mouth would be kissed
Mura mbeadh nach fada And if he didn't, it's a long way
Ó bhaile a sheolfaí é From home he would be driven
Tá iníon na caillí gioblaí The twisted, wretched witch's daughter
Casta pósta ó aréir Is married since last night
'S tá mo chailín ag baile And my girl's at home
'S gan duine aici a phógfadh a béal With no one to kiss her mouth
(Curfá) (Chorus)
'S cén cat mara a chas And what misfortune that
In san áit seo mé? Directed me to this place?
Nach iomaí cailín There is many a girl in the village
A d'fhága mé i mo dhiaidh That I left behind
Mar gheall ar throid 's ar bhruíon Because of a fight and a quarrel
'S ar rud éicint nárbh fhíor And something that wasn't even true
Muise, óinseach caillí Musha, a silly hag
'S iníon aici a bhí gan chiall And her daughter that had no sense
'S chuirfinn, threabhfainn I would plow and plant
'S chraithfinn an síol go domhain sa gcré The seed deep in the soil
'S sheolfainn na beithígh sna páirceanna And I would drive the cows to the fields
'S airde a fhásann féar Where the tallest grass grows
Chuirfinn crú ar an each ba dheise I would shoe a horse that was
'S ba lúfaire a shiúil riamh féar The nicest and fastest ever
Ach d'éalódh bean le fear And a woman would elope with a man
Nach ndéanfadh é sin féin Who wouldn't even do that
(Curfá)