Idir Chaiseal agus Dúrlas do dhearcas mo rúnach
Go hatuirseach tabhartha am' choinnibh sa ród
Do labhair sí go tláith liom, de chómhrá bhinn mhánla,
Agus do chuir sí romham fáilte agus céad míle póg.

"Seo litir óm' mháithrín
Á dtabhairt anseo id' láthair, a óganaigh óig,
Go bhfaigheá-sa na táinte le spré 's stoc le n-áireamh
'Gus mise mar bharr air sin choíche 's go deo."

"Agus inis-se dod' athair is gan dearmad dod' mháithrín,
Go bhfaigheá-sa mé le pósadh, a chailín bhig óig,
Ach go bhfuilimse in áirithe le bliain is í raithe
Ag iníon Sheáin Dáibhis ó Chontae Mhuigheo.

Is ná bíodh sé le hinsint anois ort ná choíche,
Fill abhaile chun do mhuintir' a chailín bhig óig;
'Mise Éamann Mhagáine nár las riamh le náire,
Is gheobhair i Sliabh Bán mé nó san áit is mó ceol"

Between Cashel and Thurles I saw my loved one,
wearily, worn out, coming towards me on the road.
Wanly she spoke to me with sweet gentle words
and she put a welcome before me and a hundred thousand kisses.

"I have a letter here from my father and my little mother
to bring to your presence, O young man -
(saying) that you would get herds of cattle and sheep
and myself on top of that for ever and ever."

"Tell your father and, without any mistake, your mother
that you would get me as a husband, O small young girl;
except that I have been engaged for a year and nine months
to the daughter of Seán Davis from County Mayo."

"And let it not be an embarassment to you now or ever,
return to your people, O small young girl;
I am Éamann Mhagáine who has never been put to shame
and you will find me in Sliabh Bán or in the best place for music."

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A version of Eamonn Mhagaine from the Ceol Tigh CD.

Idir Corcaigh is Dúbhghlais do chonacsa mo rúnach
go hatuirseach tabhartha im' choinnibh sa ród
do labhair sí go tláith liom de chómhrá bhínn mhánla
is do chuir sí romham fáilte agus céad míle póg

Tá litir 'gam óm fádar 's beannachtaí óm' mháthair
le tabhairt anseo id' láthair, a óganaigh óig
go bhfaigheá na táinte agus spré chnoic le háireamh
'gus mise mar bharr air sin choíche 's go deo."

'Nis-se dod' fádar 's gan dearmad dod' mháthair
go bhfaigheá mé is fáilte, a chailín bhig óig
murach go bhfuilim in áirithe le bliain is trí ráithe
'ge 'níon Sheoin Dáibhis ó Chontae Mhuigh Eo.

Mo chreach 's mo sceimhle nach marbh lag bhíos-sa
an lá casadh thú sa tslí orm, a óganaigh óig
sar a mbeadh sé le hinsint go mbeadh bean eile ina suí leat,
'gus mise ag siúl tíorach 's ná faighinn dul id' threo.

An gcuimhníonn tusa, a dhalta dhil, nuair bhíos is tusa ag reacaireacht,
ar inse ar bharr ghleanna ag amharc ár mbó,
sa ló is mé á chuimhneamh cá ngeofá chun na hoíche?
is gur shaoileas féin ná scaoilfeadh ár gcumann go deo.

Ó Concheanainn gives as his source Dúbhghlas de hÍde (Douglas Hyde), "Abhráin Grádh Chúige Chonnacht" (BÁC/Dublin, 1931), from a manuscript of Domhnall Consaidín. Two othee versions are published in "Amhráin Grádh Chúige Chonnacht" according to Ó Concheanainn. If you can get a copy of the 1931 edition, look at pages 16-19. I looked at the 1969 facsimile of Hyde's 1893 bi-lingual publication "Abhráin Grádh Chúige Chonnacht; Love Songs of Connacht" , but didn't find Éamann Mhagaine therein.

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