"Casadh an tSugain"

The song appears as three verses in
Irish minstrelsy, by James Hardiman, 1831, vol 1, pp. 195-196.


1
Nach é an cat marbh chas ann na h-áitesi mé,
'S a líacht cailín deas do fhágassa mo diaigh;
Thánic me steach 's an teach raib grádh geal mo chléibh,
'S chuir an chailleach amach air chasadh an t'súgáin mé!

2
Má bhidheamn tu liom, bídh liom do ló a's d'oídhche;
Má bhidheamn tu liom, bídh liom ós comhair an t-saoghail;
Má bhidheamn tu liom, bídh liom gach órdlach ann do chroídhe;
'S é má leun nach liom trathnóna thú mar mhnaoi!

3
A's shíos a Sligiach chúir mé eólus air mo ghrádh,
A's shuas a n-Gaillimh d'ól mé léi mo sháith;
Dar brigh mo bhata muna léigfidh dhaihsa mar a táim,
Déanfaidh mé cleas a bhainfeas siubhal ar na mnáibh!


"The Twisting of the Rope"

1
What misfortune drove me to this place,
There's many a girl I've left behind at home;
I came into the house where the bright love of my heart was,
And the old woman turned me out while twisting the rope.

2
If you'll be mine, be mine both day and night;
If you'll be mine, be mine before the whole world;
If you'll be mine, be mine with every inch of your heart;
It is with sadness that you aren't mine this evening as my wife.

3
Down in Sligo I first learnt my love of women,
And up in Galway I drank my fill with them;
But by this hand, if they don’t leave me alone,
I’ll play a trick that will have the women running!


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