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Thread #24766   Message #285571
Posted By: GUEST,Bobby Bob, Ellan Vannin
26-Aug-00 - 08:06 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: 'dTigeas a damhsa / Dilín ó deamhas
Subject: Lyr Add: DILÍN Ó DEAMHAS
Not sure about Clannad's possibly Donegal version, but this is a Connemara version, taken from 'Cas Amhrán', edited by Mícheál Ó hEidhin -

(Curfá - chorus) Dilín ó deamhas, ó deamhas,
Dilín ó deamhas ó dí;
Dilín ó deamhas, ó deamhas, ó,
Dilín ó deamhas ó dí.

Cuirfead mo rún chun suain,
Cuirfead mo rún 'na luí;
Cuirfead mo rún chun suain go ciúin,
Le dilín ó deamhas ó dí.

Curfá

'S buachaill maith súiste, súist',
Is buachaill maih súist' é Páid;
Is buachaill maith súiste, súiste, súist',
'S is cailín deas tuirn' í Cáit.

Curfá

Is buachaill aniar, aniar,
Is buachaill aniar an fear;
Is buachaill aniar, aniar, aniar,
'S is cailín ón sliabh an bhean.

Curfá

Caithimis suas is suas é,
Caithimis suas an páiste;
Caithimis suas is suas is suas ,
'S tiocfaidh sé anuas amárach.

Curfá

Hope it may help.

Lhiats,

Bobby Bob