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Thread #79301   Message #1436780
Posted By: Brían
17-Mar-05 - 07:06 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mo Theaghlaigh
Subject: Lyr Add: MY FAMILY (translation of MO THEAGHLACH)
Thank you GUEST. I have the book. The translation:

MY FAMILY

Sing hadhraibh! ó! húraibh! ó! húgaibh! ó! hí!
There is a creation that has made my heart merry
When my feet sail home to my happy little family
When they day's labour is finished

Yonder beyond the waterfall where every sort of tree grows
A lovely little hut sparkling with whitewash
There dwell my family and family of my relations
Where I spend my life contented

'Tis a fair spot of an exceeding beauty
There is watercress, daisies and three-leaf shamrocks
In winter there's shelter from the North winds
That is the praises and account of its beauty

Brían