Songtext A mhuirnn Clannad

A mhuirnn

Chorus (after each verse):
A mhuirn
ín ó an dtiocfaidh t
ú na bhaile
A mhuirn
ín ó an dtiocfaidh t
ú liom
A mhuirn
ín ó an dtiocfaidh t
ú na bhaile
A mhuirn
ín ó

(Repeat)

Bhí sÃth
íos i lár a' mhargaidh
Dól sÃ's cheol s
Ãar rith an lae
Nuair a tháinig an o
íche gan pingin ina bhríste
Is mairg nár ghlac m
Ãcomhairle na mná

Casadh orm Ãle heiri na grÃine
An ógánach gleoite go folláin 's go beo
Nuair a th
óg s
Ãa hata agus labhair s
Ãle gáire
Thit m
Ãi ngra leis, chreid m
Ãgo deo

Bhí cnaip
í airgid ar mo chóta
Is ribn
í s
íoda a bhfearr sa tír
Slabhraí óir is clocha luachmhar
Mheall m
Ãle saibhreas Ãgo fíor

Ní rabhas ag a nduine cÃ'n pháirt d
Ãn t
ír Ã
Labhair s
Ãgo uasal soinneanta só
Bhí 'n tiombá thart go raibh tiarna ina theaghlach
Ní raibh s
Ãi bhfad bh
í m
Ãgeallta do

Tá'n ceangal fada 's deacar a scaoileadh
Bhfearr i bhfad a bheith cinnte do
Níor ghlac s
Ãi bhfad gur bhris s
Ãmo chro
í sa
A leoga n
í seo mo scÃil
ín ó

A 'gur shi
úl sÃs
íos i lár a mhargaidh
'S cheannaigh s
Ãcarda ar phunt n
ó dhó
Bhí an tádh ina rith leis, bhain s
Ãan "lotto"
Anois bh
Ãidh an chuideachta againn go deo
Translation
My darling love, will you come back home?
My darling love, will you come with me?
My darling love, will you come back home?
My darling love

He was down at the market
He drank and sang all day long
When night came and he hadn't a penny in his pocket
Oh what a shame I didn't take the missus' advice

I met him at sunrise
A charming, healthy and lively young lad
When he lifted his hat and spoke with a smile
I fell in love with him, thought it would never end

My coat had buttons of silver
And the best silk ribbons in the country
Golden chains and precious stones
I truly enticed him with my glitter and gold

No one knew from which part of the land he came
He spoke nobly and with pleasant ease
Rumor had it that there was a lord in his family
It wasn't long 'til I was engaged to him

The bond is long and difficult to untie
It's much better to be sure of it*
It didn't take long 'til he broke my heart
Indeed this is not the story I'd prefer to be telling**

But then he went back down to the market
And bought a ticket for a pound or two
Luck was on his side, he won the lottery
Now we'll forever be living the good life

*This might mean that the link to this nobleman was a very distant one, and that 'he' therefore was not rich - in fact quite poor; so she instantly regrets her engagement to him.

**"A leoga" means "alas". "Ní seo mo scÃil
ín" means "this is not my story" (or anecdote), and "ó", when placed after the sentence like this, can just mean "oh", but it can also be a term of endearment, then pertaining to "scÃilín". So the way I think it makes the most sense is if we take "mo scÃil
ín ó" to mean something like "my sweet story", ie., the story that she wished she were telling now.