Liricí AmhránSong Lyrics

Mollaí Na gCuach Ní Chuilleanáin

Traditional

As recorded by Solas on For Love and Laughter

Irish English
Ar meisce cha dtéim níos mó Drunkeness for life I forego
Braon leanna go deo ní bhlaisfidh mé Strong ale I will taste never more
Ó chaill mé mo chailín beag óg Since I lost my pretty fair maid
A chuireadh í mo phócaí an t-airgead Who would plenish my pockets with riches
   
Curfá: Chorus:
Is fada liom uaim í uaim í I long for her from me, from me
Is fada liom uaim í ó d'imigh sí I long for her from me, since leaving me
Is fada liom thíos agus thuas í I long for her above and below me
Mollaí na gCuach Ní Chuilleanáin The curly-haired Mollaí Ní Chuilleanáin
   
Dhéanfaidh mé tigh ar an ard I'll build a house on a hill
'S beidh ceithre ba bainne breaca agam And four speckled milk cows I'll own
Is ní lighfidh mé 'n duine dá gcomhair I'll allow no other person near them
Go dtiocfadh Moll Bhán Ní Chuilleanáin 'Till the arrival of fair Mollaí Ní Chuilleanáin
   
Curfá Chorus
   
Bhí mise lá ar an choill I happened one day in the woods
Is tharla dom soilse bhrádóige And I met a charming young maiden
Dhéanfadh sí marbhán beo She'd make a corpse come alive
Nó buachaill deas óg den tseanduine And a lovely young man of an old fellow
   
Curfá (2x) Chorus (2x)