Key: A major•
Verse 1
E
A
By seán clárach mac domhnaill
Seal da rabhas I'm' mhaighdean shéimh,
D
A
De bharr na gcnoc is I n-imigcéin.
Verse 2
A
C#m
'sé mo laoch, mo ghile mear,
F#m
A
'sé mo chaesar, ghile mear,
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D
Ó chuaigh I gcéin mo ghile mear.
Verse 3
A
ló,
D
A
Mar scaoileadh uaim an buachaill beó
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A
's ná ríomhtar tuairisc uaidh, mo bhrón.
Verse 4
D
E
Ná maidin shamhraidh I
D
Bm
Ó d'imthigh uaim an buachaill beó.
Verse 5
Bm
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D
Marcach uasal uaibhreach óg,
E
A
Gas gan gruaim is suairce snódh,
A
D
Ag teascadh an tslua 's ag
Verse 6
D
E
A
Seinntear stair are chlairsigh cheoil
Verse 7
D
A
's eire go léir faoi chlócaibh dubha;
A
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A literal translation by j. mark
Verse 8
A
D
E
But now I am a spent, worn-out widow,
D
A
Over the hills and far away.
Verse 9
D
A
D
E
He is my hero, my gallant darling,
A
D
He is my caesar, a gallant darling;
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D
I've found neither rest nor fortune
Verse 10
E
A
Every day I am constantly
enduring grief,
Weeping nitterly and shedding tears,
A
Bm
E
And no news is told of him - alas!
Verse 11
A
sing
F#m
Bm
cheerfully at noon
D
E
A
heard in nut-tree woods
A
D
Since my lively boy went away from me.
Verse 12
D
E
A
Youth without gloom,
A
D
A swift-moving fist, nimble in a fight,
A
D
Slaying the enemy and
Verse 13
D
A
D
E
Let a strain be played
E
A
That my lion may receive
Verse 14
D
A
a while under sorrow,
A
D
I have found neither rest nor fortune
A
E
A
Since my gallant darling went far away
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