Volume: CBÉ 0352

Date
1937
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0352, Page 0043

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0352, Page 0043

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  2. 23
    beith faisgidhthe léi

    Andsacht, carbh’ ansa duit, bean eile agat nó mé.
    gur tú ’n flannda deas a sainntuigh me i dtoiseach mo
    faoghail.
    thug mé gealltanas duit gan amhras, mar bhí mé óg
    gan chéill,
    "’s focal cainnte na rabh ’se ceann udhaidh a mholfas
    duit acht mé.
    dá mbadabhach tí
    a mla dubhach uilig an fáirrge ’sa talain bheith na
    fháipear bán
    Shléibhthe fada géala, ’sna h-ealaidheacha lig ag seisín.
    Chléirigh círe ’f albain, "Sarain, a’ fhrainne ’sa’
    Spainn,
    gonneamhlacht mo cailín dí, go dearbhtha níorbh"
    fhéídar fhágail.
    Malaidh no rógha grad
    chluineadh sí ’n t-abhran reo ag na h-athair, fhadaí
    Ódiubheanaigh as Rann-na-Feirsde, agus i gcomhnaidhe
    uair a bhíodh sé ’a cheól, bhíodh cuma air go
    mbíodh chumaidh air. Ta’n fhonn cumhaidheamail.
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