Here's the version referred to above, with O'Sullivan's notes:

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Sláinte bhreagh Hiúlit sgaoil chughain é gan mhaill,
'S ná cásaigidh dúbuilte lionn, "punch" is meadhar.
Mar bhíos plátaí 'gus púntaí ag an úr-fhlaith le raint
Ins a' tráth nach mbíonn diúrna i m-éan-chumann a mbíonn saighn_.
Imirt is ól fíona, céol píoba, viol is cruit,
Cúilfhionn na n-ór-dhlaoi i scómra dhá saigheadh aige,
Óir is é siúd delight an fhir mheidhrigh gan brón
Bheith páirteach le maighdean fá mhoighdore nó dhó.

Is aoibhinn 's is aerach a' tréin-fhear gan ghruaim,
Gan bhoige, gan bhaosrach, gan claonadh, gan chruas;
Bhí sealad dá shaoghal go h-aerach cois cuain,
Agus fíonta shá mbaolach 's dhá réabadh ar a' sluagh.
Mná breagha fionna mánla ar na stártha geala blaodhach na dighe
'Sé deir gach leanbán 's a canna lán go bruach
"A Hiúlit na páirte, bí go bráth liom agus gluais"


Hewlett's good health, let's have it at once
And do not blame our double doses of ale, punch and merriment
For this best of good fellows has plates and pounds to distribute
At a time when there isn't a drop in any joyful(?) company.
Gambling, wine-drinking, pipe, viol and harp music,
While he is courting a golden-haired maiden in a room
For it is the delight of this hearty, jovial fellow
To be indulgent to a girl to the extent of a moidore or two

Pleasant and airy is this smiling hero
Not silly or vain, but straightforward and kindly
He spent part of his life gaily by the seaside
Calling for wines and drenching the company
Lovely, fair gentle women calling madly for drinks
Drowned in floods of love by the sly, merry prodigal
Every girl has her goblet full to the brim, saying
"Hewlett, my darling, come and be mine for always"

AIR – Bunting does not state from whom he obtained this lively air. There is no independent printed variant.

WORDS – Obtained from Blind Willy O'Malley, Westport. No other copy has been published nor does anything appear to be known of Hewlett. Both words and air smack strongly of Carolan, though neither is attributed to him by the manuscript.

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Regards

p.s. Apologies to anyone whose accents are mangled by my lazy approach to such!