Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh - Amhrán Iníon A' Bhaoghailligh tg4.ie

Quite a different version of the song appears on the Ceol Aduaidh album, track 3

Ó bhí mé oíche taobh istigh Fhéil' Bhride
** One night I was outside St Bridgid's Day
A' faire thíos ar a Mhullach Mhór
** Looking down on Mullaghmore
Agus tharlaidh an naoi díom a dtug mé gnaoi dí
** And the thing happened to me, that I gave love to her
Mar bhí sí caoghmhaoil, lách, álainn óg
** Because she was lovely, friendly, beautiful, young
Sí go cinnte a mhearaigh m'intinn
** It was certainly she who drove me out of my wits
Agus liach na bhFiann ó, ní leigheasfadh mé
** And the doctor of the Fianna would not cure me
Agus tá mo chroí istigh 'na mhíle píosaí
** And my heart is in a thousand pieces
Mura bhfaighim cead síneadh lena brollach glé'il
** If I don't get to lie down with her bright bosom


A chailín donn deas a chuaigh i gcontúirt
** Lovely, brown-haired girl who went into danger
Orú, druid anall liom agus tabhair domh póg
** Come over here and give me a kiss
Agus dá mbíodh mo mhuintir uilig i bhfeirg liom
** And if my whole family were angry with me
Nár chuma liomsa a mhíle stór
** I wouldn't give a damn, my darling sweetheart
A mhíle grá tá cách a rá liom
** My darling sweetheart, everyone is saying to me
Gur don ghrá ort a gheobhaidh mé bás
** That I will die for love of you
Agus níl lá margaidh a mbíodh sna Gearaltaigh
** And there isn't a market day that would be in the Gearalts
Ná bhfaigheann cúlfathmhuinneach agus mise ag ól
** And I wouldn't get solace and me drinking


Is fada 'n lá breá ó thug mé grá duit
** It's along time now since I gave love to you
Agus mé 'mo pháiste bheag óg gan chéill
** And me, a small young lad without any sense
'S gura leatsa shiúlfainnse cnoic 's gleanntáinn
** And with you I would walk hills and valleys
'S go Baile 'n Teampaill dá mbíodh sé romham
** And to Ballytemple if it was in front of us
Ach anois ó tá mise curtha cráite
** But now I am finished, tormented
'S gur lig mé páirt mhór de mo rún le gaoth
** And I gave the better part of my secret to the wind
A Rí tá i bParrthgas ó déan domh fárus
** Oh King in Paradise, make ready for me
I ngleanntáin áilne lena taobh
** In the lovely glens with you

Amhrán Iníon A' Bhaoghailligh - Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (Altan) 1989 www.tg4.ie

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[plevyman]

The BNP doesn't preserve anything but hatred. I am gobsmacked that you make any kind of comparison.

You wouldn't catch a member of that gang of thugs anywhere near traditional music, English/British or otherwise.

[niubf]

Tá se álainn !!

[nmitchell076]

Such a gorgeous tune

Such a gorgeous language

Such a gorgeous voice

And such a gorgeous woman!

[damsdetoi]

t's really beautiful bu of cours idont understand

What's it about ?? Thx

peace

[Lughaidh2]

@rabbitwho > not sure they're getting better because too few people really cares about Irish in Ireland. Even most teachers don't seem to speak properly. I hope it'll change and that Gaeltacht Irish will be promoted and taught.

[Tadhg64]

The only thing wrong with this clip is you can't see Mairead's beautiful face to compliment her beautiful voice.

[truskinboy]

amazing so beutifull my parents are originally from lettermullen its good ta hear da gaelic again

[Cathain78]

Correct mate, the poison of multiculturalism and its goal of trampling on all distinct and unique cultures and identities into an amorphous menlting pot can be fought with a respect for traditional values and cultures without resorting to moronic knucklehead-ism. Britain isn't even a nation, it's an enforced union of soveriegn nations trapped within it's enforced Jacobin state. Wales was brought in by conquest, Scotland by bribing of it's parliament. What a sham.

[rabbitwho]

The teachers are getting better and starting to use the new metadologies, in the future every Irish person will be able to speak and understand Irish well. I had 4 hours of irish a day for 17 years and it did me feck all good because the teachers had no idea how to teach. If you're an Irish teacher and you're reading this, please, for the love of the language, do an ESL course. "CELT" or "CELTA" it will teach you how to teach.