An sclábhaí agus an táilliúir - Seán Ó hAiniféin


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Transcript

Sclábhaí a bhí ag cúirtéireacht ar chailín go dtáinig táilliúr laistigh dó.

Ó, agus is déanach aréir sea do bhíos-sa amuigh
(Le stróinséir na réiltheann fáilte)
(...) is mo dhrom le falla
Is mé (ag cuimilt mo bhas le náire),
Nuair a chuala bean an tí dá rá lena leanbh,
"Ná bac-se tharat an sclábhaí,"
(...) sea bhím gach maidean
Agus é ina lé(...).

Má phósann tusa an táilliúir, a spéirbhean chailce,
Ní bheidh aon lá (...) (go brách ort)
Mar (...) agus gheobhainn leat sealad
Nó go mbei(...) (fáiscthe),
Beidh tusa go dubhbrónach ar (...) (an earraigh)
Gan bláth ag teacht trí do (shnáthaid)
Ag siúl na mbóithre le (a dtóin ' dtí an gaige)
Nuair a bheidh im agus bainne ag an sclábhaí.

Translation

[A song about] a labourer who was courting a girl until a tailor came between them.

Oh, it was late last night that I was out
With a stranger with a welcome like the stars (?)
(...) and my back to the wall
Rubbing my hands with shame (?),
When I heard the woman of the house saying to her child,
"Don't bother with the labourer,"
(...) I am each morning
While he (...).

If you marry the tailor, my beautiful fair lady,
You will never again have a day of (...)
Because (...) and I'd go with you a while
Until (...),
You will be in dark saddness (...) of spring (?)
Without a bloom coming through your (...)
Walking the roads with with (...)
While the labourer will have butter and milk.

Title in English: The labourer and the tailor
Digital version published by: Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy

Description of the Recording:

Speaker: Seán Ó hAiniféin from Co. Kerry
Person who made the recording: Wilhelm Doegen
Organizer and administrator of the recording scheme: The Royal Irish Academy
In collaboration with: Lautabteilung, Preußische Staatsbibliothek (now Lautarchiv, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Recorded on 13-09-1928 at 16:20:00 in Convent of Mercy, Killarney (office). Recorded on 13-09-1928 at 16:20:00 in Convent of Mercy, Killarney (office).
Archive recording (ID LA_1088d2, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 02:03 minutes long. Archive recording (ID LA_1088d2, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 02:03 minutes long.
User recording (ID LA_1088d2, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 02:00 minutes long. User recording (ID LA_1088d2, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 02:00 minutes long.