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This is a traditional Irish love song arranged by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Ciaran Curran, Mark Kelly, Ciaran Tourish, Dermot Byrne and Dónal Lunny. It appears on Altan‘s fifth studio album Blackwater, released in 1996. See another version by Danú.
Ar meisce cha dtéim níos mó Braon leanna go deo ní bhlaisfidh mé Ó chaill mé mo chailín beag óg A chuireadh i mo phócaí an t-airgead
Curfá 1: Is fada liom uaim í, uaim í Is fada liom uaim í ó d'imigh sí Is fada liom thíos agus thuas í Molly na gcuach Ní Chuilleanáin
Dhéanfaidh mé tigh ar an ard Is beidh ceithre ba bainne breaca agam Is ní ligfidh mé 'n duine dá gcomhair Ach Molly deas bhán Ní Chuilleanáin
(Curfá 1)
Curfá 2: Is fada liom uaim í, is fada liom uaim í Is fada liom uaim í ó d'imigh sí Is fada liom thíos agus thuas í Molly na gcuach Ní Chuilleanáin
Dá mbeinnse i ndeacair an bháis Is na daoine a rá nach dtiocfainn as Ní dhéanfainn mo thiomna go brách Go dtiocfadh Moll bhán Ní Chuilleanáin
(Curfá 2, curfá 1)
Bhí mise lá ar an choill Is tharla dom soilse bhrádóige Dhéanfadh sí marbhán beo Nó buachaill deas óg den tseanduine
(Curfá 1, curfá 2 2x)
Drunkeness for life I forego Strong ale I will taste never more Since I lost my pretty young maid Who would plenish my pockets with riches
Chorus 1: I long for her from me, from me I long for her from me since leaving me I long for her above and below me The curly-haired Molly Nee Chull-in-an
I'll build a house on the hill And four speckled cows I'll own I'll allow no other person near them But the lovely fair Molly Nee Chull-in-an
(Chorus 1)
Chorus 2: I long for her from me, I long for her from me I long for her from me since leaving me I long for her above and below me The curly-haired Molly Nee Chull-in-an
If I were in the last throes of death And people could see no recovery I'd never dictate my last will 'Til the arrival of fair Molly Nee Chull-in-an
(Chorus 2, chorus 1)
I happened one day in the woods And I met a charming young maiden She'd make a corpse come alive And a lovely young man of an old fellow
(Chorus 1, chorus 2 2x)
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