Thanks to everybody. Well, actually I imagined that the words sung by Sting were only a "fabrication". I know a little about Irish pronunciation and spelling, but I wanted to know the English lyrics because, even if I study English, I had not been able to write them down listening to the song. I completely agree with the fact that the song should be sung in Irish but, since Chieftains' version is the only one I owns, it's difficult to me to pronounce the Irish lyrics only by reading them. Thanks once again. PS: Aine, could you translate yor last posting in english? Thanks