Chorus (after verse): A mhuirnn an t na bhaile A mhuirnn an dtiocfaidh t A an dtiocfaidh t na bhaile A
(Repeat)
Bh s thos i lr a' Dl s 's cheol s ar an lae Nuair a thinig an oche gan 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 airgid ar mo Is ribn soda a sa tr Slabhra ir is luachmhar m le saibhreas go for
N ag a nduine c'n phirt dn tr Labhair s go soinneanta s Bh 'n tiomb thart go raibh tiarna ina N raibh s i bh m geallta do
T'n fada 's deacar a scaoileadh Bhfearr i a bheith cinnte do Nor s i bhfad gur bhris s mo chro sa A leoga n seo mo
A 'gur 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 come back My darling love, you come with me? My love, will you come back home? My darling
He was at the market He drank and sang all day 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 young lad When he lifted his hat and with a smile I fell in love with him, thought it never end
My had buttons of silver And the best silk ribbons in the 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 with pleasant Rumor had it that there was a lord in his It wasn't 'til I was engaged to him
The bond is long and to untie It's much better to be of it* It didn't take long 'til he broke my Indeed this is not the story I'd prefer to be
But he went back down to the market And bought a ticket for a or two Luck was on his side, he won the Now we'll forever be the good life
*This might 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 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 term of endearment, 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.