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This is a traditional Irish song arranged by Clannad. It appears on their live album Clannad In Concert, released in 1987.
Bliain mhór sa taca seo Ba deas mo chulaith éadaigh Ba lúfar éadrom aigeanta A dhéanfainn bean a bhréagadh Ach shantaigh mise an ghiobóg Mar bhí cupla bó mar spré aici Is d'fhág sí ar an anás mé Is mo chraiceann gheal gan léine
Má bhí culaith mhaith an uair sin ort B'fhéidir nár leat féin í Ní raibh tú pósta seachtain go raibh Fear na comharsa 'hiarraidh Dhíol tú mo chuid eallaigh Le sin agus tuilleadh réiteach Is d'fhág tú ar an anás mé Is gan snáithe orm san oíche
A bhuachaillí, a bhuachaillí An méid agaibh atá gan pósadh Ná santaigí na giobógaí De réir mar a bíonn siad cóirithe Nó b'fhearr duit cailín glan agat A scuabfadh amach i gcónaí Ná luathra buí na seachtaine Á cur amach Dé Domhnaigh
Helped by a good year My suit of clothes was fine It was with a light and joyous nature That I deceived women But I desired an untidy woman Since a couple of cows were her dowry And she left me in hardship And my fair skin without a shirt
If you wore a good suit at that time Maybe it wasn't your own You were not married a week When the neighbor man came calling You sold my goods That and indeed more You left me in poverty And without a stitch on me at night
My lads, my lads Those of you who are unmarried Don't lust after the untidy women According to how they are fixed up Better for you, a clean girl Who will constantly sweep Not just clean out the week's Horrid dirt on Sunday
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