Philippa, thanks for that link to the other thread, where Áine has already posted the Irish language lyrics.
I had thought that it was usually sung in both languages - as Ennis and Heaney do on the Amhráin ar an Sean-Nós CD, and as Heaney does on the Topic/Musical Traditions CD.
Anyway here is the text of the song as transcribed by Fred McCormick, Éamonn Ó Bróithe, and Dan Quinn from the tapes of Joe Heaney made by Ewan MacColl and Paggy Seeger:-

CÚNNLA

(from the singing of Joe Heaney)

"Agus cé hé sin thíos atá ag leagan na gclaíocha?
Cé hé sin thíos atá ag leagan na gclaíocha?
Cé hé sin thíos atá ag leagan na gclaíocha?"
"Mise mé fhéin", adeir Cúnnla.

Curfa
"Chúnnla a chroí, ná tara níos gaire dhom.
Chúnnla a chroí, ná tara níos gaire dhom.
Chúnnla a chroí, ná tara níos gaire dhom."
"(Níor) chóir dom sin", adeir Cúnnla.

"And who is that there that's knocking the ditches down?
Who is that there that's knocking the ditches down?
Who is that there that's knocking the ditches down?"
"Only me," says Cúnnla.

Chorus
"And Cúnnla dear, don't come any nearer me,
Cúnnla dear, don't come any nearer me,
Cúnnla dear, don't come any nearer me."
"Oh maybe I shouldn't", says Cúnnla.

" 'S cé hé sin thíos ag bualadh na fuinneoige?
Cé hé sin thíos ag bualadh na fuinneoige?
Cé hé sin thíos ag bualadh na fuinneoige?"
"Mise mé fhéin," adeir Cúnnla.

"Chúnnla a chroí, ná tara níos gaire dhom..."

"And who is that there that's breaking the window pane?
Who is that there that's breaking the window pane?
Who is that there that's breaking the window pane?"
"Only me", says Cúnnla.

"And Cúnnla dear, don't come any nearer me..."


" 'S cé hé sin thíos atá ag fadú na tine dhom?
Cé hé sin thíos atá ag fadú na tine dhom?
Cé hé sin thíos atá ag fadú na tine dhom?"
"Mise mé fhéin" adeir Cúnnla.

"Chúnnla a chroí, ná tara níos gaire dhom..."

"And who is that there that is raking the fire for me?
Who is that there that is raking the fire for me?
Who is that there that is raking the fire for me?"
"Only me", says Cúnnla.

"And Cúnnla dear, don't come any nearer me..."

"Agus cé hé sin thíos atá ag tarraingt na pluide dhíom?
Cé hé sin thíos atá ag tarraingt na pluide dhíom?
Cé hé sin thíos atá ag tarraingt na pluide dhíom?"
"Mise mé fhéin" adeir Cúnnla.

"Chúnnla a chroí, ná tara níos gaire dhom..."

"And who is that there that is pulling the blankets off?
Who is that there that is pulling the blankets off?
Who is that there that is pulling the blankets off?"
"Only me", says Cúnnla.

"And Cúnnla dear, don't come any nearer me..."

" 'S cé hé sin thíos atá ag tochas mo bhonnacha?
Cé hé sin thíos atá ag tochas mo bhonnacha?
Cé hé sin thíos atá ag tochas mo bhonnacha?"
"Mise mé fhéin" adeir Cúnnla.

"Chúnnla a chroí, ná tara níos gaire dhom..."

"And who is that there that is tickling the toes off me?
Who is that there that is tickling the toes off me?
Who is that there that is tickling the toes off me?"
"Only me", says Cúnnla.

"And Cúnnla dear, don't come any nearer me..."


Comments on the song by Joe Heaney:
"I'll sing it till I can go on no further, because I was never, I never found out what happened after he tickled her toes. It's about a man who used to come courting a girl and she wanted him and she didn't want him. By the way, go away, but come hither, that was more or less what she was saying. First of all, he came to the wall outside her house and climbing the wall he knocked the wall and then he came to the window and knocked at the window, then he started raking the fire, the next thing he pulled the blanket off her and the next thing he tickled her toes. What happened afterwards, I don't know, but the song ends there."