I'm home -thanks for the welcome, Annraoi.

I abstained from Mudcat for 5 days, but went to Magee to use the computer and look what happened!
Yes, it was careless to say Pearse 'politicised' the song, when the Jacobite version was also political. Interesting coincidence that threads on 'Oro se do bheatha bhaile', 'Siul a ruin' and 'Mo Ghille Mear' have all appeared on Mudcat recently. Dick MacGabhann sang 'Siul a Ghra' beautifully at a pleasant relaxed music session at Thran' Maggies (Derry) last Thursday night.

/ = acute accent

A She/arlais O/ig, a mhic Ri/ Se/amus
'Se/ mo mho/r-chreach do thriall as E/irinn,
Gan tuinnte bro/ig' ort, stoca no/ leinidh
Ach do chascairt leis na Gallaibh.

O/ro/ 'se/ do bheatha abhaile
O/ro/ 'se/ do bheatha abhaile
O/ro/ 'se/ do bheatha abhaile
Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh! (curfa/ - chorus)

'Se/ mo le/an ge/ar nach bhfeicim
Mur mbe/inn beo 'na dhiaidh ach seachtain
Se/arlas O/g is mi/le gaiscidheach [gaiscioch]
A' fo/gairt fa/in ar Ghallaibh

Ta/ Se/arlas O/g a' traill ae sa/ile,
Be/idh siad leisean, Franncaigh 's Spa/innigh
'S bainfidh siad rinnce as e/iricigh.

O young Charles, King James' son, alas - you have left Ireland barefoot, routed by the foreigners

(Chorus) Oro, welcome home, now at the approach of summer

Alas that I do not see, even if I were only to live a week thereafter, young Charles and a thousand heroes routing the foreigners [the enemy].

Charles is coming over the sea; he'll have a guard;
French and Spanish will be with him and they'll make the heretics dance!