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Thread #49693 Message #4098806
Posted By: Felipa
22-Mar-21 - 09:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: She didn't dance, dance, dance /Cucanandy
Subject: An dTigeas a Damhsa
[Clannad recorded this version
An dTigeas a' Damhsa
'dTigeas a' damhsa?
'dTigeas a' damhsa dom?
dTigeas a' damhsa damhsa damhsa
d'Tigeas a' damhsa dom?
[come dancing to me?]
Goirm i gconaí gconaí
Goirm i gconaí dom
Goirm i gconaí gconaí gconaí
Maidin De Luain a b'fhearr
[call to me always/Monday morning would be best]
Buachaill aniar aniar
Buachaill aniar a b'fhearr
Buachaill aniar aniar aniar
Is cailín ó Shliabh na bPeann
[the boy from the west, and the girl from Peann mountain]
Buachaill maith súiste súiste
Buachaill maith súiste a b'fhearr
Buachaill maith súiste súiste súiste
Is cailín deas tuirne leann
[a good lad with the flail, a good lass at the spinning]
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The Speks, at https://www.thespeks.com/nursery-rhymes/dilin-o-deamhas.php give yet another verse
Cuirfead mo rún chun suain,
Cuirfead mo rún ‘na luí,
Cuirfead mo rún chun suain go ciúin,
Le dilín ó deamhas ó dí.
[I would put my darling to rest quietly with a dilín ó deamhas ó dí]