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No Dowry An Clár Bog Deal
   
Credits: Traditional; arranged by Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill & Dónal Lunny
   
Appears On: No Dowry
   
Language: Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic)
   
Other Versions: "An Clár Bog Déil" on Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy's album Ceol Aduaidh
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
Phósfainn thú gan bó I would marry you without a cow
Gan puntaí gan dhá phingin spré Without pounds, without tuppence dowry
Leagfainn fúm thú maidin drúchta I would lay you beneath me on a dewy morning
Le bánú an lae At the dawn of the day
Mo ghalar dúnta gan mé agus tú It is my complete affliction that you and I
A ghrá mo chléibh My darling love
I gCaiseal Dubh is gan de leaba fúinn Aren't in Caiseal Dubh with nothing for a bed
Ach an chlár board deal But the deal board
   
Bean solasta ní mholfaidh mé A bright woman I'll not praise
Is ní cháinfidh mé í And I'll not find fault with
Bean dorcha ní ghlacfaidh mé I'll never take a dark woman
Go deo mar mhnaoi As a wife
Iníon bhodaigh ní shantóidh me I'll not desire the daughter of somebody important
Mar gheall ar mhaoin Because of wealth
Ach pósfaidh mé mo stórín But I'll marry my darling
Is í grá mo chroí She's the love of my heart
   
O léifinn leabhar Gaeilge Oh I would read an Irish book
Agus canúint mhaith chrua In good, hard language
Scríofaidh mé ina dhiaidh sin After that, I'll write
Le barr mo phinn With the tip of my pen
Loch Éirne go snámhfainn I'd swim Loch Éirne
Ar chúl mo chinn On my back
Is dá dtéadh agam bean a bhréagadh And if I could entice a woman
Bheadh an báire liom I'd have won the day
   
Ná síl cé gurb íseal Don't think that I'm not noble
Nach uasal mé Even though I'm lowly
Ná síl gur insan díog adaí Don't think that in yonder ditch
A fuarthas mé I was found
Sín síos liom seal míosa Lie down beside me for a month or so
Agus cuartaígh mé And try me out
Is gheobhaidh tú scríofa in mo thaobh deas And you'll find written in my right side
Gur b'uasal mé That I'm a playboy