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This is a traditional Irish song arranged by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Éamon Doorley, Shane McGowan and Billy Mag Fhloinn. Is appears on Muireann’s solo debut album Daybreak: Fáinne an Lae, released in 2006. From Dingle in the Kerry Gaeltacht, Muireann has a musical family background. She is a singer and a flute player and a member of the group Danu.
Le meán an fhómhair dá chaitheamh dom Ba mhór dubhach mo scéal Go breoite, brónach, atuirseach Gan sólás insa' tsaol Mo pháircín féir gan gearradh uaim De dheascaibh clainn an Bhreacluain 'Gus féar na gcomharsan treascartha Á chíoradh le gréin
Curfá: Dá bhfaighinnse speal ó Shasana 'Gus crann ó Locha Léin Cloch is clár is gaineamh air Ó dhúiche Uí Néill Do chuirfinn faobhar ar maidin suas 'Sheasódh ar feadh na seachtaine Is bearrtha 'bheadh an t-acra Le fáinne an lae
Do shmaoiníos féin im' aigne San oíche trím' néal Go raibh beirt fhear óga chalma Do mhaíomh a bhfaobhar Féna ndéin do ghaibh mo theachtaire Chun mo pháircín féin do ghearradh dhom 'S is grámhar, fáilteach freagarthach Do thánadar araon
(Curfá)
I gcóir is i bhfaobhar bhí speal acu Le fáinne an lae 'S do luíodar siúd go slachtmhar glan Is iad ag baint an fhéir Seala beag don eadartha 'S a lán don lá gan caitheamh fós Do bhí dóthain siúd di leagaithe 'S é bearrtha go cré
(Curfá 2x)
By mid-autumn I was spent My story was a very sad one Sick, sorrowful and weary was I Without consolation in life My little field of grass uncut On account of the family of Brackloon And the neighbors' grass already cut And dried by the sun
Chorus: If I had a scythe from England And a handle from Lough Leane A stone and a board and sand on it From the country of O'Neill I would give it an edge in the morning That would stand for the whole week And the acre would be cut By daybreak
I was thinking to myself At night while I slept That there were two brave young men Boasting of their sharpness My message was dispatched to them To cut my little field for me And loving, welcoming, responsive They both came
(Chorus)
Ready and sharp they had a scythe At daybreak And they leaned cleanly and tidily Into the work of cutting the grass A little before milking time And a great part of the day not yet spent Enough of it was cut And it shaved to the earth
(Chorus 2x)
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