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Thread #50162   Message #1672005
Posted By: Jim Dixon
18-Feb-06 - 12:46 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: wanted! song in gaelic
Subject: Lyr Add: SÍ DO MHAIMEO Í / SHE IS YOUR GRANNY
Why not have it here? Copied from The Celtic Lyrics Corner:

SÍ DO MHAIMEO Í

CHORUS: Sí do mhaimeo í, 'sí do mhaimeo í
'Sí do mhaimeo í, cailleach an airgid
'Sí do mhaimeo í, ó Bhaile Inis Mhóir í
'S chuirfeadh sí cóistí ar bhóithre Cois Fharraige

Dá bhfeicfeá' an "steam" 'ghabhail siar Tóin Uí Loin'
'S na rothaí 'ghabhail timpeall siar ó na ceathrúnaí
Chaithfeadh sí 'n stiúir naoi n-vair' ar a cúl
'S ní choinneodh sí siúl le cailleach an airgid. CHORUS

'Measann tú, 'bpósfa', 'measann tú 'bpósfa'
'Measann tú, 'bpósfa', cailleach an airgid?
Tá's a'm nach 'bpósfa', tá's a'm nach 'bpósfa'
Mar tá sé ró-óg 'gus d'ólfadh sé'n t-airgead. CHORUS TWICE

'S gairid go 'bpósfaidh, 's gairid go 'bpósfaidh
'S gairid go 'bpósfaidh, beirt ar an mbaile seo
'S gairid go 'bpósfaidh, 's gairid go 'bpósfaidh
Séan Shéamais Mhóir agus Máire Ní Chathasaigh. CHORUS THREE TIMES

SHE IS YOUR GRANNY

CHORUS: She is your granny. She is your granny.
She's your granny, the hag with the money.
She is your granny from the town of Nishmore,
And she would put coaches on the roads of Cois Farraige.

If you'd see the steam going past Toin Ui Loin'
And the wheels turning speedily out from her flanks,
She'd scatter the stoor nine times to the rear,
But she'd never keep pace with the hag with the money. CHORUS

Do you reckon he'd marry? Do you reckon he'd marry?
Do you reckon he'd marry the hag with the money?
I know he'll not marry. I know he'll not marry,
'Cause he is too young and he'll squander the money. CHORUS TWICE

We'll soon have a wedding. We'll soon have a wedding.
We'll soon have a wedding by two in the village.
We'll soon have a wedding. We'll soon have a wedding
Between Sean Seamais Mhoir and Maire Ni Chathasaigh. CHORUS THREE TIMES

[From Altan, "Harvest Storm," 1992.]