Casadh an tSúgáin [English translation]

A nice girl met me in the loneliness of the beach

On the bend of the green forest in the wee hours of the morning

These are the words that she said to me, quiet and wan:

“The world is in bed, so let us prepare a white blanket!”

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And if you’re with me, be with me, love of my heart,

And if you’re with me, be with me in front of my house*,

If you’re with me, every inch of your heart will be with me,

It gives me a thousand regrets that you won’t be with me Sunday as my wife

Oh awhile ago I was a hearty, quick, light little boy

And awhile ago I was, and I would play cards with women

Oh awhile ago I was, and I’d play five or three

Until his woman did make my heart go thump-thump

Chorus

And oh God of miracles, what drove me to this land,

In red cloaks, far from my Gaelic friends?

Oh, I went into where my love was, my lifelong love,

And her old woman put me out, twisting the rope

Chorus