DESCRIPTION:
"Mo Ghile Mear" lyrics

Sé mo laoch mo Ghile Mear
'Sé mo Chaesar, Ghile Mear,
Suan ná séan ní bhfuaireas féin
Ó chuaigh i gcéin mo Ghile Mear.
Bímse buan ar buaidhirt gach ló,
Ag caoi go cruaidh 's ag tuar na ndeór
Mar scaoileadh uaim an buachaill beó
's ná ríomhtar tuairisc uaidh, mo bhrón

Ní labhrann cuach go suairc ar nóin
Is níl guth gadhair i gcoillte cnó,
Ná maidin shamhraidh i gcleanntaibh ceoigh
Ó d'imthigh sé uaim an buachaill beó.

Marcach uasal uaibhreach óg,
Gas gan gruaim is suairce snódh,
Glac is luaimneach, luath I ngleo
Ag teascadh an tslua 's ag tuargain treon.

Seinntear stair ar chlairsigh cheoil
's líontair táinte cárt ar bord
Le hinntinn ard gan chaim, gan cheó
chun saoghal is sláinte d' fhagháil dom leómhan.
Ghile Mear 'sa seal faoi chumha,
'S Éire go léir faoi chlócaibh dubha;
Suan ná séan ní bhfuaireas féin
Ó cuaigh i gcéin mo Ghile Mear.

Seal da rabhas im' mhaighdean shéimh,
's anois im' bhaintreach chaite thréith,
Mo chéile ag treabhadh na dtonn go tréan
De bharr na gcnoc is I n-imigcéin.



lyrics

Nolwenn Leroy - Siúil a Rúin (Bretonne) (2011)

Lyrics

I wish I was on yonder hill
'Tis there I'd sit and cry my fill
And every tear would turn a mill
Is go dté tú mo mhuirnín slán

Chorus
Siúil, siúil, siúil a rúin
Siúil go socair agus siúil go ciúin
Siúil go doras agus éalaigh liom
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán

I'll sell my rock, I'll sell my reel
I'll sell my only spinning wheel
To buy my love a sword of steel
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán

I'll dye my petticoats, I'll dye them red
And round the world I'll beg my bread
Until my parents shall wish me dead
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán

I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
I wish I had my heart again
And vainly think I'd not complain
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán

But now my love has gone to France
to try his fortune to advance
If he e'er comes back 'tis but a chance
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán

One translation of the Irish chorus is

Go, go, go my love
Go quietly and peacefully
Go to the door and flee with me
And may you go safely my dear.



Chorus
Shule, Shule, Shule a roo
Shule a rack shack
shule a baba coo
when I saw my sally babi bille
come bibel in a boo shy lorry

Here I sit on buttermilk hill
cry my wonder, cry my fill
every tear could turn a mill
Johnny's gone for a soldier

Chorus

I sold my flax and I sold my wheel
to buy my love a sword of steel
so if in battle he might wheel
Johnny's gone for a soldier

Chorus

Oh my baby oh my love
gone the rainbow gone the dove
your father was my only love
Johnny's gone for a soldier

Chorus