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Playing With Fire Maire Mhor
   
Credits: Traditional; arranged by Dervish
   
Appears On: Playing With Fire; Live In Palma
   
Language: Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic)
   
Other Versions: "Faoitín" on Maighread & Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill's album Idir An Dá Sholas
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
Ta bean a'msa in Arainn Mhor I have a wife in Aranmore
Is bean eile in Inis Bearachain And another wife in Inis Bearachain
Ach mo ghra i Maire Mhor But my love is Máire Mhór
Is i an bhean is fearr ar fad acu She is the best woman __
   
Curfá: Chorus:
Is oro Mhaire Mhor And oh Maire Mhor
Is a Mhaire Mhor a dtiocfaidh tu? And oh Maire Mhor, will you come?
   
Is gra mo chroi mo stoirin Oh my darling and my dear
Is tu nach ndearfadh tada liom Sure you'd never say a word to me
Is tu a chuirfeadh na fatai mora Big praties you'd have hid
I dtaisc ar leic an teallaigh dhom And roastin' on the hearth for me
   
(Curfá) (Chorus)
   
Ni le faochain na le barnigh ___
Na le blath na scailliun dearga ___
A mheall mise Maire Mhor ___
Ach le fuisce laidir Shasana ___
   
(Curfá) (Chorus)
   
Mura dtiocfaidh tu mar gheall tu And if you say you won't
Go mbaitear ins sa gcladach thu I hope you drown in __
   
(Curfá) (Chorus)
   
A bhfeicfea Maire Mhor i If you saw Maire Mhor
Dul sraideannai na Gaillimhe In the streets of Galway
Gan falach ar a braid ___
Ach cota mor a' charrara ___
   
(Curfá) (Chorus)
   
Da mbeinne 'n Arainn Mhor ___
Is mo bhad seoil bheith faoi lucht agam ___
Nac deas 'thornalfainn an rod ___
Ach Maire Mhor a bheith faoi deic agam ___
   
(Curfá) (Chorus)
   
Bhi yes aici 's bhi no aici ___
Is ar ndoigh bhi what not aici ___
Is murach lucht a' Bhearla ___
Nach gcuirfinn Dandy cap airthi ___
   
(Curfá) (Chorus)
   
Mura dtiocfaidh tu mar gheall tu And if you say you won't
Go mbaitear ins sa gcladach thu I hope you drown in __
   
(Curfá) (Chorus)
   
Mura dtiocfaidh tu mar gheall tu And if you say you won't
Go mbaitear ins sa gcladach thu I hope you drown in __
   
(Curfá) (Chorus)