Mo Ghile Mear [Our Hero] chords by The Chieftains and Sting
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Verse 1
(D major) By seán (G major) clárach mac domhnaill
Seal da rabhas I'm' mhaighdean shéimh,
's anois I'm' bhaintreach chaite (D major) thréith,
Mo (G major) chéile ag treabhadh na dtonn go tréan
De bharr na gcnoc is I n-imigcéin. (C major) (G major)
Verse 2
(G major) 'sé mo laoch, mo ghile (B minor) mear,
'sé mo (E minor) chaesar, ghile (G major) mear,
Suan ná séan (C major) ní bhfuaireas féin
Ó chuaigh (G major) I gcéin mo (C major) ghile mear.
Bímse buan are (D major) buaidhirt gach
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Verse 3
(G major) ló,
Ag caoi go cruaidh (C major) 's ag tuar
na (G major) ndeór
(C major) Mar scaoileadh uaim (G major) an buachaill beó
's ná ríomhtar (C major) tuairisc (G major) uaidh, mo bhrón.
Verse 4
Ní labhrann cuach go suairc (C major) are nóin
Is níl guth gadhair (G major) I gcoillte cnó,
Ná maidin (C major) shamhraidh I (D major)
gcleanntaibh (G major) ceoigh
Ó d'imthigh uaim an (C major) buachaill beó. (A minor)
Verse 5
Marcach (A minor) uasal (G major) uaibhreach (C major) óg,
Gas gan gruaim is (D major) suairce (G major) snódh,
Glac is luaimneach, luath (C major) I ngleo
Ag teascadh an (G major) tslua (C major) 's ag
tuargain treon. (G major)
Verse 6
Seinntear (C major) stair are chlair (D major) sigh (G major) cheoil
's líontair táinte cárt are (C major) bord
Le hin (G major) ntinn ard gan chaim, gan cheó
Chun saoghal is sláinte (A minor) d'
fhagháil (G major) dom leómhan.
Verse 7
(G major) Ghile mear 'sa seal faoi chumha,
(C major) 's eire go léir faoi (G major) chlócaibh dubha;
Suan ná séan ní bhfuaire (A minor) as féin
Ó luaidh (D major) I gcéin mo ghile mear.
(G major) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A literal translation by j. mark
Verse 8
sugars 1997 (C major)
Once I (A minor) was a gentle maiden,
But (G major) now I (C major) am a spent, worn-out wid (D major) ow,
My consort (G major) strongly plowing the waves
(C major) Over the hills and far (G major) away.
Verse 9
(C major) He is my hero, (G major) my (C major) gallant darling, (D major)
(G major) He is my caesar, (C major) a gallant darling;
I've (G major) found neither rest nor (C major) fortune
Since (G major) my gallant darling went far away.
Verse 10
(D major) Every day (G major) I am constantly
enduring grief,
Weeping nitterly and shedding tears,
Because (C major) my lively lad has left me
And (G major) no news is (A minor) told of him (D major) - alas!
The (G major) cuckoo does not
Verse 11
(G major) sing
(E minor) cheerfully (A minor) at noon
And the sound of hounds (G major) is not
(C major) heard in nut-tree (D major) (G major) woods
Nor summer morning in misty (C major) glen
Since my lively (G major) boy went away (C major) from me.
Noble, proud (G major) young horseman,
Verse 12
(C major)
Youth without (D major) gloom, (G major)
of pleasant (C major) countenance,
A swift- (G major) moving fist, nimble in a (C major) fight,
Slaying (G major) the enemy (C major) and
smiting the (G major) strong.
Verse 13
(C major)
Let a strain (G major) be (C major) played (D major)
on (G major) mu sical harps,
And let many quarts (C major) be filled on the table,
With high spirit, (G major) without fault,
(C major) without gloom,
(D major) That (G major) my lion may receive
(C major) long life and health.
(G major) Gallant darling for
Verse 14
(C major) a while under sor (G major) row,
And ireland com (C major) pletely
under black (D major) cloacks,
(G major) I have (C major) found neither rest nor fortune
(G major) Since my gallant darling (D major) went far (G major) away
Mo Ghile Mear [Our Hero]
The Chieftains and Sting
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