I haven't looked up the links, but it reads like a modern composition the meaning is something along the lines of return, fair maiden, return my darling [literally my pulse, "a chuisle mo chroi", a phrase often Anglicised as acushla machree, means "pulse of my heart"] Leave the evil and the city Lest you fall ill shortly [galar can be physical, mental or emotional affliction; so this may be suggesting that the maiden will be morally corrupted by the ways of the city?] Leave quickly It's no wonder I'm depressed and tormented when you are far from me Glenncullen was once musical but now I see it under a cloak of sadness Each and every day is like a long year If I were to see you again, my intended, Coming towards me willingly There would be brightness of summer in the winter, without a doubt And my heart would dance cheerfully
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