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Máire Bhruinneall is a love song from Donegal praising the beauty of a woman by the same name, and who leaves the singer broken-hearted. Sung in this case by a woman, but let nothing get in the way of the singing of a good song (other versions sung by women include Clannad, Susan McKeown etc.)
Órú, a Mháire bhruinneall, a bhláth na finne, I ndiaidh mé do leanúint aniar anall, Ó, ba bhinne liom do bhéal Ná na cuacha ag seinm, ’S tú d’fhág mise i ndealramh an bháis.
Dá mhéid é mo thuirse Níor léir domh an choinneal, Deir siad gur meisce A mheallas na mná, Mharaigh tú go deo mé, Lagaigh tú go mór mé, Is gach a bhfuil beo domh Bhris tú mo chroí.
Bhí a tríphointe óir léi síos go troigh, ’Gus iad á gcarnadh ar gach taobh, Mharaigh tú go deo mé, Lagaigh tú go mór mé, Is gach a bhfuil beo domh Bhris tú mo chroí.
Bhí mé lá go ceolmhar ins an ród, Tharla domhsa an óigbhean chiúin, Mharaigh tú go deo mé, Lagaigh tú go mór mé, Is gach a bhfuil beo domh Bhris tú mo chroí.
Oh Maire Bruinneal, flower of the Finn I followed you here and there Your mouth was sweeter to me than the cuckoo's singing And it's you that has left me at death's door
I am so grieved I couldn't keep her They said I was one Who deceives women You have killed me forever, You have greatly weakened me And all that's alive to me, You broke my heart
Her golden trident with her down a foot And them being piled on each side You have killed me forever, You have greatly weakened me And all that's alive to me, You broke my heart
One day I was musically in the road I met the quiet young woman You have killed me forever, You have greatly weakened me And all that's alive to me, You broke my heart
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