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This traditional Irish sean nós song is from the Connemara region in the west of Ireland. It’s about a jelous woman who longs to be Páidín’s wife.
Curfá: 'S é'n trua nach mise, nach mise 'S é'n trua nach mise bean Pháidín 'S é'n trua nach mise, nach mise 'S an bhean atá aige bheith caillte
Rachainn go Gallaí' go Gallaí' Is rachainn go Gallaí' le Pháidín Rachainn go Gallaí' go Gallaí' Is thiocfainn abhaile sa mbád leis
(Curfá)
Oh, I go to Galway, to Galway, Oh, I go to Galway with Páidín Oh, we go to Galway together And sail away home in a báidín
I look through the window, the window I look through the window for Páidín His wife is just sitting there, knitting While I'm stuck outside in the gáirdín
I wish I was wedded, was wed, I wish I was wedded to Páidín He's chosen to marry another And that is the cause of my raging
Rachainn go haonach an Chlocháin Is siar go Béal Á' na Báighe Bhreathnóinn isteach tríd an bhfuinneog A' súil is go bhfeicfinn bean Pháidín
I wish he were taken, were taken The beautiful wife of my Páidín He'd not be forsaken, forsaken I'd still take my place there beside him
Go mbristear do chosa, do chosa Go mbristear do chosa 'bean Pháidín Go mbristear do chosa, do chosa Go mbristear do chosa 's do chnámha
Chorus: It's a great pity that I'm not, that I'm not It's a great pity that I'm not Páidín's wife It's a great pity that I'm not, that I'm not And the woman that he has to be dead
I would go to Galway, to Galway And I would go to Galway with Páidín I would go to Galway, to Galway And I would return in the boat with him
(Chorus)
Chorus
I look through the window, the window I look through the window for Páidín His wife is just sitting there, knitting While I'm stuck outside in the garden
I would go to an Clochán And west by Béal Á' na Báighe I would look in through the windows I would spot Páidín's wife
May your legs be broken, be broken May your legs be broken, Páidín's wife May your legs be broken, be broken May your legs and your bones be broken
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