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Portland Aird Uí Chumhaing
   
Credits: n/a
   
Appears On: Portland
   
Language: Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic)
   
Other Versions: "Aird A Chuamhaing" on Anam's album Riptide
"Ardaigh Cuan" on Anúna's album Omnis
"The Land Of Erin" on Katie McMahon's album After The Morning
"River Of Life" on Trísan's album Trísan
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
Dá mbeinn féin in Aird Uí Chumhaing If I were in Aird Uí Chumhaing
In aice an tsléibhe 'tá i bhfad uaim Beside that distant mountain
Ba annamh liom gan dul ar cuairt There's seldom a Sunday
Go gleann na gcuach dé Domhnaigh That I wouldn't visit the cuckoo's glen
   
Curfá: Chorus (after each verse):
Agus och och Eire lig is ó Agus och och Eire lig is ó
Eire líonndubh agus ó Eire líonndubh agus ó
'Sé mo chroí tá trom agus bronach My heart is heavy and sad
   
Is iomai Nollag a bhí mé féin Many's the Christmas
I mBun Abhainn Doine is mé gan chéill I spent in Cushendun
Ag iomainn ar a trá bán Playing hurley on the strand
'S mo chaman bán ins mo dhorn liom My white caman in my fist
   
Dá mbeadh agam coite 's rámh If I had a boat and oars
D'iomairfinn liom ar dhroim a' tsnáimh I'd row over the crest of the tide
'S mé 'dúil as Dia go sroichfinn slán Trusting to God that I'd arrive safe
'S go bhfaighinn bás in éirinn And that I'd die in Ireland