Chorus (after verse): A mhuirnn an t na bhaile A mhuirnn an t liom A mhuirnn an t na bhaile A
(Repeat)
Bh s i lr a' mhargaidh Dl s 's s ar rith an lae Nuair a an oche gan pingin ina bhrste Is mairg nr m comhairle na mn
orm le heiri na grine An gnach go follin 's go beo a thg s a hata agus labhair s le gire Thit m i leis, chreid m go deo
Bh cnaip ar mo chta Is soda a bhfearr sa tr Slabhra ir is luachmhar m le saibhreas go for
N rabhas ag a nduine c'n dn tr Labhair s go uasal s Bh 'n tiomb thart go raibh tiarna ina N raibh s i bh m geallta do
T'n ceangal fada 's a scaoileadh Bhfearr i a bheith cinnte do Nor ghlac s i bhfad gur s mo chro sa A leoga n seo mo
A shil s sos i lr a mhargaidh 'S cheannaigh s carda ar n dh Bh an tdh ina leis, bhain s an "lotto" Anois bhidh an chuideachta go deo My darling love, will you back home? My darling love, you come with me? My darling love, will you come home? My darling
He was down at the He drank and all day long When night and he hadn't a penny in his pocket Oh what a shame I didn't take the missus'
I met him at A charming, healthy and lively lad he lifted his hat and spoke with a smile I fell in love him, thought it would never end
My coat had buttons of And the silk ribbons in the country Golden chains and stones I truly enticed him with my and gold
No one knew from part of the land he came He spoke nobly and pleasant ease had it that there was a lord in his family It long 'til I was engaged to him
The bond is and difficult to untie It's much better to be of it* It didn't long 'til he broke my heart Indeed this is not the story I'd to be telling**
But then he went down to the market And bought a 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 rich - in fact quite poor; so she instantly 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 term of endearment, then pertaining to "sciln". So the way I think it makes the most is if we take "mo sciln " to mean something like "my sweet story", ie., the story that she wished she were telling now.