Chorus (after verse): A mhuirnn an t na bhaile A an dtiocfaidh t liom A mhuirnn an dtiocfaidh t na A
(Repeat)
Bh s i lr a' mhargaidh Dl s 's cheol s ar an lae a thinig an oche gan pingin ina bhrste Is mairg nr ghlac m na mn
Casadh orm le na grine An gnach gleoite go 's go beo Nuair a thg s a hata agus s le gire Thit m i leis, chreid m go deo
Bh cnaip ar mo chta Is ribn soda a sa tr Slabhra ir is clocha m le saibhreas go for
N rabhas ag a c'n phirt dn tr s go uasal soinneanta s Bh 'n tiomb thart go raibh ina theaghlach N raibh s i bhfad bh m do
T'n fada 's deacar a scaoileadh i bhfad a bheith cinnte do Nor ghlac s i gur bhris s mo chro sa A n seo mo sciln
A shil s sos i lr a mhargaidh 'S cheannaigh s carda ar n dh Bh an tdh ina leis, bhain s an "lotto" bhidh an chuideachta againn go deo My darling love, will you come home? My darling love, you come with me? My darling love, will you come home? My love
He was down at the He and sang all day long When night and he hadn't a penny in his pocket Oh what a shame I didn't the missus' advice
I met him at A charming, healthy and young lad When he lifted his hat and spoke a smile I fell in love with him, it would never end
My coat had buttons of And the best silk ribbons in the Golden chains and precious I truly enticed him with my glitter and
No one knew from which part of the he came He spoke and with pleasant ease Rumor had it that there was a in his family It wasn't long I was engaged to him
The bond is and difficult to untie It's much better to be of it* It didn't take 'til he broke my heart Indeed this is not the I'd prefer to be telling**
But then he went down to the market And a ticket for a pound or two Luck was on his side, he won the Now we'll forever be the good life
*This might mean that the link to this nobleman was a very distant one, and that 'he' therefore was not - in fact quite poor; so she instantly regrets her engagement to him.
**"A leoga" means "alas". "N seo mo sciln" means "this is not my story" (or anecdote), and "", when placed after the sentence like this, can just mean "oh", but it can also be a of endearment, then pertaining to "sciln". So the way I think it makes the most sense is if we take "mo sciln " to mean something like "my sweet story", ie., the story that she wished she were telling now.