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Credits: Michael McGlynn. This song appears on Anúna’s 1994 album Invocation (re-recorded 2002).
Cearc agus coileach a d'imí' le chéile Shiúladar Éire go briseadh a gcroí Is chuadar go Gailimh le héirí na gréine Gur cuireadh an péire isteach ag an dlí
'S ag Uiliam Ó hUileáin a bhí siad ar féar D'ith mónóga sléibhe 'gus chodail sa bhfraoch Gur tháinig an sirriam go lúfar's go haerach Is scuab sé an péire isteach go B'l'Áth'n Rí
Dá bhfeicfeása 'n coileach lá aonaigh sna sráide Hata breá laistiar is lámhainní buí Ceithre spor fhada den airgead Spáinneach 'Gus fuip ina láimh 's é 'tiocht mar an rí
Thug siad isteach é gur scar siad a chnámha 'S gur chaith siad an lá sin sách spóirtúil go leor 'S nárbh fhearr dóibh an spóilín a cheannach ar fónamh Ná an chaoi 'ndeachaigh a gcáil ar fud Chontae Mhaigh Eo
A cock and a hen went together They walked the length of Ireland 'til their hearts broke They went to Galway with the rising of the sun When the pair of them were jailed by the law
At Uiliam Ó hUileáin they were put out to grass They ate hill berries and slept in the heather Until the sheriff merrily came And hustled the pair into B'l'Áth'n Rí
If you saw the cock on the day of the fair in the streets A great hat at the rear and yellow gloves Four long spurs of Spanish silver And a whip in his hand as he came along like the king
They took him in until they spread his bones And they spent that day sportively enough And wouldn't it have been better for them to take the easy route Instead of the way their fame spread across County Mayo
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