Neansai Mhile Gra Lyrics - Clannad

A Neansa, 'mhle gr, a bhruinneall 't gan sml 

Go bhfeice mise'n t-dh 'gus an san ort 

Ba ghile do dh limh n cr geal na tr 

N'n eala 's a' snmh ar an irne 

Is glaise liom do shil n braon beag den drcht 

Is binne liomsa t n na tada 

'S mur' n-ala tusa liomsa titfidh m i lionndubh 

'Gus cuirfear insa chill 'do dhidh m 

Is ioma sin guth mn a chluinimse 'ngach aird 

Abhus agus taobh thall den irne 

Go Corcaigh na gCuan 's go Bal Ath' na Sluaigh 

'S Neansa 'thug bua ar a' mid sin 

A Mhuire 'gus a Dhia, nrbh aoibhinn deas 'r saol 

D mbeinnse agus le chile? 

Trthnna aoibhinn ciin, mise 'gus mo rn 

Ag cogarnal ar uaigneas slibhe 

Beir litir uaimse suas chuig Neansa chaoin na gcuach 

Is aithris di gur buartha at m 

Aithris di ars nach gcodlam fin aon oche 

Le harraing at tr mo thaobh deas 

Aithris d sil, aithris d cl 

Aithris d min mhaith chill 

Aithris d ceann 's d biln at binn 

Gur ghiorraigh s go cinnte mo laetha' 

Translation 

Rise up, ye stalwart men 

And put the pitch alight on your torch sticks 

Vanquish those who would do us evil 

And establish the rule of France 

And oh woman of the house, what ails you? 

Oh woman of the house, in two years or three 

From this year out the land will be rent free 

And oh woman of the house, what ails you? 

Here's a jug on the table and the beer's coming 

And the Duke of York has sufficient arms 

The French and the Spaniards at the shore's edge 

And how bitter that is than woman's chatter 

Alas and alack when I was young 

Two years old and no evil thought in my mind 

That I didn't join the King's navy or army 

Instead of spending my life looking after you