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GUEST,Philippa	Lyr Add: Teir abhaile (Irish Gaelic) (8)	Lyr Add: Teir abhaile (Irish Gaelic)	09 Feb 04
TéIR ABHAILE Words and translation taken from Micheál Bowles, Claisceadal 2. Dún Laoghaire: Anchor, 1986 Well known from Clannad recording Téir abhaile, arú [téir abhaile riú] Téir abhaile, arú Téir abhaile, arú , a Mhéirí! Téir abhaile is cóirigh do leaba* Mar tá do mhargadh déanta. curfá Is cuma cé dhein é Nó nár dhein Is cuma cé dhein é, a Mhéirí. Is cuma cé dhein é Nó nár dhein Mar tá do mhargadh déanta. Níl mo mhargadh - Tá do mhargadh - Níl mo mhargadh déanta. Tá do mhargadh - Níl mo mhargadh - Tá do mhargadh déanta translation Off home with you Off home with you Off home with you, Mary. Off home with you and ready your bed,* For your match is made. chorus My match is not - Your match is - My match is not made. Your match is - My match is not = Your match is made. * Clannad sang "Téir abhaile is fan sa bhaile": Go home and stay at home. Bowles notes that, "The Kerry Jig, in Graves' Irish Song Book, may be thought similar to the tune of this song; likewise, O'Neill's Irish Music, No.203."

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