The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #16278   Message #1846693
Posted By: Fergie
30-Sep-06 - 06:25 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Molly Malone
Subject: RE: Help: Who wrote Molly Malone?
(cut and pasted from an older thread I started).

I found these lyrics by chance and I just had to post them.
For those who have no Gaeilge it is a translation of the good old singalong Molly Malone. Well I got a giggle out of them.

Mol Ní Mhaoileoin

I mBaile Athá Cliath, Ní fhaca mé riamh,
Aon chailín níos sciamhaí ná Mol Ní Mhaoileoin,
Ag stiúradh a barra,
gach áit ins a chathair,
Le ruacain is sliogáin, is iad go breá beo..

curfa:
Is iad go breá beo, is iad go breá beo,
Le ruacain is sliogáin, is iad go breá beo.

Ba mhangaire éisc í, an cheird di ab éasca,
Os amhlaidh dá muintir ó chianta fadó,
Ag stiúradh a mbarra,
gach áit ins a chathair,
Le ruacain is sliogáin, is iad go breá beo.

curfa:
Ach mo chreach is mo dhiacair, fuair Mol bocht an fiabhras,
Agus b'in i an chríoch bhí le Mol Ní Mhaoiloin,
Ach tá taibhse sa chathair,
ag stiúradh a barra,
Le ruacain is sliogáin, is iad go breá beo.
curfa:
Fergus