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Seán Mac Ambróis; arranged by Brian Ó hEadhra, Aimée Leonard, Treasa Harkin & Neil Davey. This appears on Anam’s fourth studio album Riptide, released in 1998.
The poet Sean Mac Ambróis wrote the lyrics in the mid 19th century after emigrating from his native Co Antrim to Scotland and being stricken with “cumhaí” (longing for home).
Ardí Cuan is a townland on the hill above Knocknacarry and Cushendun in north-east Antrim. The lyrics of “Árdaí Chuain” were written by the Antrim poet Mac Ambróis while in enforced exile in Scotland.
Dá mbeinnse féin in Aird a Chumhaing In aice an tsléibhe 'tá i bhfad uaim B'annamh liom gan dul ar cuairt Go Gleann na gCuach, Dé Domhnaigh
Dá mbeinnse féin in mbun Abhann Doine Mar a bhfuil mo chairdean uile Gheobhainn ceol ann, ól is imirt Is chan fhaigheann bás in uaigneas
Agus och, och Éire 'lig is ó Éire lionn dubh orm is ó 'S'é mo chroí 'tá trom is é brónach
Dá mbeadh agam féin ach coit is rámh D'iomairfainn ar an tsnámh Ag dúil as Dia go sroichfinn slán 'S go bhaighinn bás in Éirinn
Agus och, och Éire 'lig is ó Éire lionn dubh orm is ó 'S'é mo chroí 'tá trom is é brónach (2x)
If I were in Aird a Chumhaing By those far-off mountains I'd rarely miss Sunday visits In Glenn na gCuach
If I were by Bun Abhann Doine With all my friends There'd be music, drinking and sport And I wouldn't be alone
And oh Ireland, all of Ireland Ireland who I miss My heart is heavy and sad
Give me a boat and oars And I'll row across the water Praying to God that I'll reach land safely And may I die in Ireland
And oh Ireland, all of Ireland Ireland who I miss My heart is heavy and sad (2x)
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