The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #40241   Message #574713
Posted By: Airto
18-Oct-01 - 04:55 AM
Thread Name: Lost in the Translation. Please Advise!
Subject: RE: Lost in the Translation. Please Advise!
"Buck" is a term for a laddish young man. "Young buck" or even "young bucko-me-lad" are common enough variants. The 'een' suffix is a diminutive, in this context somewhat pejorative.

I think the narrator of the song is referring to the local lads around Bantry rather than to the Spanish enemy.