Do Bhí Bean Uasal (Carrickfergus) sung by Seán Ó Sé, with Matthew Allen and Sheila Falls Keohane

Описание: Do Bhí Bean Uasal (Carrickfergus) - sung in Irish and English by Seán Ó Sé, accompanied by Matthew Allen (guitar) and Sheila Falls Keohane (fiddle).

From a Gaelic Roots Series performance hosted by BC's Irish Studies Program, 2016 September 15, Theology and Ministry Library Auditorium, Boston College.

Boston College's Gaelic Roots Series recordings are archived at Burns Library. Info at: http://library.bc.edu/burns

Song lyrics (N.B., the Irish language lyrics provided below are a modified version from lyricstranslate.com):

1.
Do bhí bean uasal seal dá lua liom
’S do chuir sí suas díomsa faraoir géar
Do ghabhas lastuas di sna bailtí móra
Ach d'fhag sí ann mé os comhair an tsaoil
Dá bhfaighinnse a ceannsa faoi áirsí an teampaill
Do bheinnse arís im’ ábhar féin
Ach anois táim tinn lag ’s gan fáil ar leigheas agam
Is beidh mo mhuintir ag gol im’ dhéidh

2.
I wish I had you in Carrickfergus
Is fada ón áit sin go Baile Uí Chuain
Sailing over the deep blue waters
I ndiaidh mo ghrá geal is í ag éalu uaim
For the seas are deep, love, and I cannot swim over
And neither have I the wings to fly
I wish I met with a handsome boatman
Who would ferry me over my love and I

3.
'Twas in Kilkenny it was reported
A marble stone there as black as ink
With gold and silver I will support her
But I'll sing no more 'til I have a drink
For I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
A handsome rover from town to town
But now I am dead and my days they are over
Come all ye fair maids, now lay me down.