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Joe Heaney's book · Traditional Connemara song. Learned in Carna.

An Mhaighdean Mhara

The Mermaid

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Ag taisteal na Blárnai dhom tráth Is mé ag dul abhaile ón aonach Cé chasfaí orm ar bhruach an tsáile Ach an mhaighdean mhara aerach
Travelling the Blarney road one time Coming home from the fair Who should I meet on the edge of the sea But the lively mermaid
A cúl chomh buí le ór na gréine A leiceann mar bhláth na n-airní A brollach geal mar eala an locha Is a cóta glas ar fiarlaoid
Her hair as yellow as the sun's gold Her cheek like the flower of the sloe Her bright breast like the lake's swan And her green coat loose about her