Mo Ghile Mear (With Sting) chords by The Chieftains

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Verse 1
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By seán clárach mac domhnaill
Seal da rabhas I'm' mhaighdean shéimh,
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's anois I'm' bhaintreach chaite thréith,
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Mo chéile ag treabhadh na dtonn go tréan
De bharr na gcnoc is I n-imigcéin.

Verse 2
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'sé mo laoch, mo ghile mear,
'sé mo chaesar, ghile mear,
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Suan ná séan ní bhfuaireas féin
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Ó chuaigh I gcéin mo ghile mear.
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Bímse buan are buaidhirt gach

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Verse 3

ló,

Ag caoi go cruaidh 's ag tuar

na ndeór

Mar scaoileadh uaim an buachaill beó

's ná ríomhtar tuairisc uaidh, mo bhrón.

Verse 4
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Ní labhrann cuach go suairc are nóin
Is níl guth gadhair I gcoillte cnó,
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Ná maidin shamhraidh
I gcleanntaibh ceoigh
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Ó d'imthigh uaim an buachaill beó.

Verse 5
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Marcach uasal uaibhreach óg,
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Gas gan gruaim is suairce snódh,
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Glac is luaimneach, luath I ngleo
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Ag teascadh an tslua 's ag
tuargain treon.
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Seinntear stair are

Verse 6
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chlairsigh cheoil
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's líontair táinte cárt are bord
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Le hinntinn ard gan chaim, gan cheó
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Chun saoghal is sláinte d'
fhagháil dom leómhan.
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Ghile mear

Verse 7
'sa seal faoi chumha,
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's eire go léir faoi chlócaibh  dubha;
Suan ná séan ní bhfuaireas féin
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Ó luaidh I gcéin mo ghile mear.
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Verse 8

A literal translation by j.

mark sugars 1997

Verse 9
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Once I was a   gentle maiden,
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But now I  am a spent, worn-out widow,
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My consort strongly
plowing the waves
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Over the hills and far away.

Verse 10

He is my hero, my gallant darling,

He is my caesar, a gallant darling;

I've found neither rest nor fortune

Since my gallant darling went far away.

Verse 11
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Every day I am constantly
enduring grief,
Weeping nitterly and shedding tears,
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Because my lively lad has left me
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And no news is told of him - alas!
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The cuckoo does not

Verse 12
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sing
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cheerfully at  noon
And the sound of hounds is not
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heard in nut-tree woods
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Nor summer morning in misty glen
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Since my lively boy went away from me.

Verse 13
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Noble, proud young horseman,
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Youth without gloom,
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of pleasant countenance,
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A  swift-moving fist, nimble in a fight,
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Slaying the enemy and
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smiting the strong.

Verse 14
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Let a strain be played on musical harps,
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And let many quarts be filled on the table,
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With high spirit, without fault,
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without gloom,
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That my lion may receive
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long life and health.
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Gallant darling for

Verse 15
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a while under sorrow,
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And ireland completely
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under black cloacks,
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I have found neither rest nor fortune
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Since my gallant darling went far away