Dúlaman (Seaweed)
Phonetics by Sean Williams of Evergreen State College (Olympia, Washington).
| As Gaeilge
(curfá) A ‘níon mhín ó, sin anall na fir shuirí curfá Tá cosa dubha dúbailte ar an dúlamán Gaelach curfá Rachaimid go Doire leis an dúlamán Gaelach curfá Bróga breaca dubha ar an dúlaman Gaelach curfá O chuir mé scéala chuici go gceannóinn cíor dí curfá Góide a thug na tíre thú? arsa an dúlaman Gaelach curfá O cha bhfaigheann tú m’iníon, arsa an dúlaman Gaelach curfá |
Phonetics
(chorus) Aneen veenyo, shin anall na feer hoori chorus Taw cosa duva dubaltcha aran dulaman Gaelakh chorus Rymid go daira lesh an dulaman Gaelakh chorus Broga bracka duva aran dulaman Gaelakh chorus O khur mey shkayla khuiki go kyannon keer dee chorus Go dye hug na teera hu, arsan dulaman Gaelakh chorus O kha winn too mo neen, arsan dulaman Gaelakh chorus |
English
Chorus:
Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed.
Seaweed from the ocean, it’s the best in all of Ireland.
Dearest daughter, here come all the courting men.
Dearest mother, get the spinning wheel to me.
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There’s a pair of black feet on the Irish seaweed.
There are two bare ears on the Irish seaweed.
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Let’s go to Derry with the Irish seaweed
It’s buying expensive shoes on the Irish seaweed.
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Black speckled shoes on the Irish seaweed
There’s a cap and trousers on the Irish seaweed
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I told her I would buy a comb for her
The story she told back to me, that she is well-groomed
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What are you doing here? says the Irish seaweed
At courting with your daughter, says the Irish seaweed
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Oh where are you taking my daughter, says the Irish seaweed
Well, I’d take her with me, says the Irish seaweed
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