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<text><body><div><p><span>DONNCHADH RUADH I D-TALAMH-AN-</span>
<lb n="1"/><span>ÉISG ROCHAN.</span></p>
<lb n="2"/>
<lb n="3"/><p><span>I.</span>
<lb n="4"/><span>A I was walking one evening fair,</span>
<lb n="5"/><span>Agus mé go déigheanach a m-Baile Seághan;</span>
<lb n="6"/><span>I met a gang of English blades,</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>Agus iad na d-traochadh aig neart a namhad:</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>I boozed and drank both late and early,</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>With these courageous men of war;</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>'S gur bhinne liom na Sagsanaigh aig rith</span>
<lb n="11"/><span>air éigin,</span>
<lb n="12"/><span>'S gan de ghaoidheil ann acht fíor-bheagán.</span></p>
<lb n="13"/>
<lb n="14"/><p><span>II.</span>
<lb n="15"/><span>I spent my fortune by being freakish,</span>
<lb n="16"/><span>Drinking, raking, and playing cards;</span>
<lb n="17"/><span>Gidh nach raibh airgiod agam ná gréithre,</span>
<lb n="18"/><span>Na rud 'san t-saoghal acht nidh gan áird.</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>Then I turned a jolly tradesman,</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>By work and labour I lived abroad;</span>
<lb n="21"/><span>A's bíodh ar m'fhallaing' gur mór an bhreug sin,</span>
<lb n="22"/><span>'S gur beag de'n saothar do thuit lem' láimh.</span></p>
<lb n="23"/>
<lb n="24"/><p><span>III.</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>Newfoundland is a fine plantation;</span>
<lb n="26"/><span>It will be my station before I die;</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>'S mo chrádh go m-b'fhearr liom a bheith i</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>n-Éirinn,</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>A' díol gáirtéirí 'ná a' dul fá'n g-coill.</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>Here you may find a virtuous lady,</span>
<lb n="31"/><span>A smiling fair one to please your mind:</span>
<lb n="32"/><span>An paca staighionna is measa tréithe!</span>
<lb n="33"/><span>Go m-beiridh me shaoghal bheith as a radharc.</span></p>
<lb n="34"/>
<lb n="35"/><p><span>IV.</span>
<lb n="36"/><span>I'll join in fellowship with “Jack-of-all</span>
<lb n="37"/><span>trades,”</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>The last of August could I but see:</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>'S tá's [ta fhios] aig Coisdealbhadh, 'sis</span>
<lb n="40"/><span>maighisdir báid é.</span>
<lb n="41"/><span>Gur b'olc an lámh mé air muir ná air tír.</span></p>
<lb n="42"/>
<lb n="43"/><p><span>V.</span>
<lb n="44"/><span>Come drink a health, boys, to Royal George,</span>
<lb n="45"/><span>Our chief commander, nár órduigh Críost:</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>A's bíoch?  bur n-athchuingheadha chum Muire</span>
<lb n="47"/><span>Mháthair</span>
<lb n="48"/><span>E féin 'sa gháraidhe do leagadh síos.</span>
<lb n="49"/><span>'Sa Chríost go bh-feicidh mé an bhrúid d'á</span>
<lb n="50"/><span>chárnadh,</span>
<lb n="51"/><span>Aig an Mac so air fán uainn thall 'san</span>
<lb n="52"/><span>bh-Frainc.</span></p>
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