CURFÁ:
5 5 1 5 5 4 2
3 4
34
Sí do mhaimo
í, sí do mhaimo
í
[she doe vamoy, she doe vamoy]
She is your granny, she is your granny
5 5 1 5 5 5 5 4
2 2
1 1
Sí do mhaimo
í, sí cailleach
an airgid
[she doe vamoy,
she kalyakh unn
airigid]
She is your granny, the crone with the money
5 5 1 5 5 5 5 4 4 2 7b
7b
Sí do mhaimo
í, ó Bhaile Iorrais
Mhór í
[she doe vamoy, oh wall yeerish wor ee]
She is your granny, from Bally Mor Iustus
7b 5
5 1 1 5
5 5 5 4
2 2 1 1
Is gcuireadh sí í gcoistí ar bhóithre
Chois Fharraige
[iss gurrid
she goshtee air warjhe
khush airigya]
She would go in a coach on the road to Cois
Fharraige.
5 5 5 6 7
7 1 1
1 1 1 2
1 1 1 1
Is an measann tú a bpósfaidh, is an measann tú a bpósfaidh
[Sunn massin
tu bose, sun massin tu bose]
Do you think she will marry, do you think she will marry
7b 7b 5 6 7
7 1 1
1 1 2 1 7b 5 4
Is an measann tú a bpósfaidh,
sí cailleach an
airgid
[Sunn massin
to bose, she kalyakh
unn airigid]
Do you think she will marry, the crone with the money?
5 5 5 6 6 7 1
1 (1) 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
Tá a fhios
agam nach bpósfaidh, tá a fhios agam nach
bpósfaidh
[Tossem nakh
bose, uh
tossem nakh bose]
I know they won’t marry, I know they won’t marry
7b 5 4 2
7b 7b 5
4 2 2 2 1 1
Mar tá sé ró-óg
agus d'ólfaidh sé
an t-airgid.
[Mar taw shey roe-oge iss dolgid
shun tairigid.]
(As he is too young and he’ll drink all the money.)
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5
5 5 6 7
7 1 1 1 2 1 1
Is dhá bhfeicfea-sa an steam dul siar toin
uí loing
[Skaw veckas
unn steem dull sheer
toyn ee ling]
And if you should see the steam from the boat going west
7b 5 6 7
1 1 1 1 2 1 7b 5
4
Is barr a cois sinte
amach ar an bhfarraige
[Iss barra
co shintya amakh
air unn airigya]
And the head of its foot stretched out across the sea
5 5 5 5 6 7
1 1 1 2 1 1
Is dhá gcorrofa an stiúir naoi n-uair
ar a chúl
[Skurra unn
shtyur nee noor
air a khool]
And if you’d put the rudder at nine o’clock
7b 5 4 2 7b
7b 5
4
2 2
1 1
Ní choinneodh sí siúl
le cailleach an airgid.
[Nee khwinyo she shyool le kalyakh unn airigid.]
You wouldn’t catch the eye of the hag with the money.
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5 5 6 7 1
1
1 1 2 1
1 1
Is gairid go bpósfaidh, is gairid go bpósfaidh
[Iss gairrid
go bose, iss gairrid go bose]
It’s quickly they’ll be married, it’s quickly they’ll be married
7b 5 6
7 1
1
1 1 2 1 7b 5 4
Is gairid go bpósfaidh, sí cailleach an airgid
[Iss gairrid
go bose, she kalyakh
unn airigid]
It’s quickly they’ll be married, the hag with the money
5 6
7 1 1
1 1 2 1 1 1 (7b)
Gairid go bpósfaidh,
is gairid go bpósfaidh
[Gairrid go bose,
iss gairrid go bose]
It’s quickly they’ll be married, it’s quickly they’ll be married
5 4
2 7b 7b 5 4 2 2 1 1
Seán Mhicil Mhór agus Máire Ní Chathasaigh.
[Shawn Vikil Vor
aguss Moyra Nee
Khahasee.]
Big Seán Michael and Mary O’Casey.
CURFÁ with last line ending “She
would eat meat on Friday and Saturday.”