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Joe Heaney's book · Traditional comic song from Connemara.

Peigín is Peadar

Peggy and Peter

ga connaughtcomicsean-nos
ga english
Peigín is Peadar a bhí seal ina gcónaí I mbothán beag aerach ar bhruach na trá Is dá mba leat féin mé a Pheadar na póige Ní bheinn choíche brónach ná buartha go brách
Peggy and Peter who lived for a while In a neat little cabin on the edge of the strand If you were mine Peter of the kisses I would never be sorrowful or troubled forever
Ní ólfaidh mé deoir den uisce beatha Ná cuirfidh mé scilling ar chártaí go brách Mura dtuga tú féin dom do lámh is do phóg A Pheigín na gáire is na gcraobhfholt álainn
I will not drink a drop of the whiskey Nor put a shilling on cards ever again Unless you give me your hand and your kiss O laughing Peggy of the beautiful flowing hair