Key: A major•
Verse 1
E
A
By seán clárach mac domhnaill
Seal da rabhas I'm' mhaighdean shéimh,
De bharr na gcnoc is I n-imigcéin.
Verse 2
'sé mo chaesar, ghile mear,
Verse 3
A
D
Ag caoi go cruaidh 's ag tuar
na ndeór
E
A
Mar scaoileadh uaim an buachaill beó
Verse 4
A
D
A
Ní labhrann cuach go suairc are nóin
Is níl guth gadhair I gcoillte cnó,
D
A
Ná maidin shamhraidh
I gcleanntaibh ceoigh
Verse 5
D
E
A
Gas gan gruaim is suairce snódh,
D
Bm
Glac is luaimneach, luath I ngleo
A
D
Ag teascadh an tslua 's ag
tuargain treon.
Verse 6
A
D
Le hinntinn ard gan chaim, gan cheó
A
D
Chun saoghal is sláinte d'
fhagháil dom leómhan.
E
A
Ghile mear
Verse 7
'sa seal faoi chumha,
D
A
's eire go léir faoi chlócaibh dubha;
Suan ná séan ní bhfuaireas féin
Bm
A
Ó luaidh I gcéin mo ghile mear.
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Verse 8
A
D
A literal translation by j.
Verse 9
Bm
E
Once I was a gentle maiden,
D
Bm
My consort strongly
plowing the waves
A
D
E
Over the hills and far away.
Verse 10
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D
A
He is my hero, my gallant darling,
D
A
D
E
He is my caesar, a gallant darling;
A
D
A
I've found neither rest nor fortune
D
A
Since my gallant darling went far away.
Verse 11
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 12
A
sing
F#m
Bm
cheerfully at noon
And the sound of hounds is not
A
D
heard in nut-tree woods
E
A
Nor summer morning in misty glen
D
A
Since my lively boy went away from me.
Verse 13
D
E
of pleasant countenance,
A
D
A
D
A swift-moving fist, nimble in a fight,
A
D
Slaying the enemy and
Verse 14
D
A
D
E
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Let a strain be played on musical harps,
E
A
That my lion may receive
Verse 15
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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