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ciarili Lyr Req: dolores keane's moll dubh (34) Lyr Add: MOLL DUBH A' GHLEANNA (sung by Altan) 26 Mar 02


Yes, the second verse is one that Mairéad sings! The verses from Brían, however, are the ones that Dolores sings and are all different from the Altan ones. Here's the Altan version:

Tá ba agam ar shliabh's nil duine 'gam na ndiadh
Ach mé do mo bhuaidhreadh leofa
Bí odh idir mise is Dia má's orthu 'tá mo thriall
Is Bhain siad mo chiall go mór uaim

curfa:

'Si Moll Dubh a' Ghleanna í
'Si Moll Dubh an Earraigh í
'Si Moll Dubh is deirge ná'n rósa
'S dá bhfaighinnse féin mo roghainn de mhná óga deasa 'n domhain
'Si Moll Dubh a' Ghleanna ab fhearr liom

Mise bheith gan mhnaoi feasta choíche ní bhim
Is Moll dubh bheith i dtús a h-óige
Och, is fann guth an éin a labhras leis féin
Ar thulaigh nó ar thaobh na monadh

Is ag Moll dubh a' ghleanna, tá mo chroí-se í dtaiscí
'S í nach bhfuair guth na náire
Is go ceillí, múinte, cneasta a dúirt sí liom ar maidin
"Ó imigh uaim 's nach pill go brách orm!"

Nil'n óganach geanúil ó Bhaile Átha Cliath go Gaillimh
Is timpeall go h-Umhaill Uí Mháinnle
Nach bhfuil a dtriall ulig 'na ghleanna ar eacraidh slime sleamhainne
I ndúil leis an bhean dubh a b'aille


Thank goodness for our little Mudelf, as I'm not totally sure how to make the line breaks work. I thought I'd read that you just needed two spaces instead of one, but that didn't work. Is it two hard returns?

ciarili

line breaks fixed by mudelf ;-)


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