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Va shenn Juan Goodn (Gawne) as v’eh baghey ayn magher ain as va shey acyr ayn
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(There) was old John (Gawne) and he was living in a field of ours and there were six acres in it
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as va’n thie-thooit echey as va coigee-house thooit as va boayl da’n... er
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and (there) was a thatched house at him and (there) was a thatched loom house and (there) was a place for the...
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rish yn cabbyl beg as yn booa as v’eh fee son baghey, as... v’eh gra, cockacock…and then v’eh gra
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for the little horse and the cow and he was a weaver for a living, and... he was saying ‘cockacock’... he was saying
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Myr ooh ta mee dy jarroo
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Like an egg am I indeed
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Danjeyragh dy ve brisht
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In danger to be broken
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As goll rish shenn vraagyn
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And like old shoes
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Va ceauit as ayns corneil
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(That) were thrown and in a corner
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Faagit as treigit
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Left and abandoned
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As my chorrag ayns my veeal
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And my (index) finger in my mouth
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As goll rish shenn vraagyn
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And like old shoes
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Va ceauit as ayns corneil
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(That) were thrown and in a corner
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As nish mychione ‘colbagh breck er sthrap’
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And now about ‘a speckled heifer on a strap’
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Now?
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Nish. She.
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Now. Yes.
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As va fer elley as v’eh gra
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And (there) was another one and he was saying
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Yn colbagh breck er sthrap
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The speckled heifer on a strap (tether)
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Ny re ee hene dy souyr
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Is not itself comfortable
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Yn shenn bock bane goll eig
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The old white gelding is failing
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Tayrn yn arroo ‘syn ‘ouyr
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Drawing the corn in the harvest
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Nee poost as poost dy liooar va shin
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It’s married and married enough were we
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Ta foddey share ve poost
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It’s far better to be married
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Na’n taggloo smessey va jin
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Than the worst talk was of us
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Va gown dy linsey- woolsey
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(There) was a gown of linsee-woolsee
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As bonnad bane salloon
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And a white shalloon bonnet
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As quoif ass shenn lieen skeddan
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And a quoif of old herring net
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As rybbanyn spynneigyn shuin.
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And ribbons of rush peelings
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As mysh ny ferrishyn...
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And about the fairies...
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As va shenn ven as v’ee baghey ayn... car y... v’ee baghey, baghey ayns magher ayns yn bayr shoh
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And (there) was an old woman and she was living in... during the... she was living in a field in this road
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as v’ee gra da’n mac va shooyl g’eiyrt er ’neenyn dy chooilley oie as v’ee gra da
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and she was saying to the son (who) was walking following on girls every night and she was saying to him..
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when v’eh cheet thie.
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137.099597
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‘C’raad v’ou noght, Billy bhoy, Billy, Billy boght?’
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‘Where were you tonight, Billy Boy, Billy, poor Billy?
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‘Er yn chaardee, mummig.’
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when he was coming home. ‘On the smithy, mother.’
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‘Caardee, caardee, dy chooilley ’n oie, Billy boght, v’eh briaght cheet er y chaardee shoh foast.
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‘Smithy, smithy, every night, poor Billy, he was asking to come on this smithy still.
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Gow dty arran as bainney, gow dty padjer as gow dy lhie, Billy boght.
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Take your bread and milk, say your prayer and go to bed, poor Billy.
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C’red va shen mysh yn dooinney?... Insh dooin yn skeeal shen. Trooid aynshoh...
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What was that about the man?... Tell us that story. Come here.
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Aw, va dooinney as v’eh goll dys yn thie-oast as v’eh goaill yn gless dy yough,
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Aw, (there) was a man and he was going to the inn and he was taking the glass of drink,
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as v’eh goaill yn gless ayns yn daa laue anyway
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and he was taking the glass in his two hands anyway
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‘Trooid aynshoh, corp slaynt, ta shilley jeh’n eddin ayd cur gerjys ayns my chree.’
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‘Come here, a healthy body, the sight of your face puts joy in my heart.’
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Shen mie.
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That’s good.
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He was an old Irishman that. That was true enough.
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Nod oo g’insh dooin mychione yn shenn dooinney va gra, ‘Cha jeanym dy bragh g’ee poddash pishyragh reesht’...
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Can you tell us about the old man (who) was saying, ‘I will never eat peas porridge again’...
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Aw, va daa ’neenyn aegey as daa deiney aegey as v’ad sooree.
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Aw, (there) were two young girls and two young men and they were courting.
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Nane jeh’n deiney as v’eh geddyn g’accrys as dooyrt eh, ‘Ta mee goll dy gheddyn red ennagh dy ee’,
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One of the men and he was getting hungry and he said, ‘I’m going to get something to eat’,
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as dooyrt yn fer elley... ‘cur bit, cur bit dou dy mee’ ....
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and the other one said... ‘give a bit, give a bit of food to me’....
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Vel oo cheet? Ren eh goll trooid as ren eh cur... gheddyn pot dy poddash pishyragh.........
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Are you coming? He did go through and he did give... get a pot of peas porridge.........
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