Nuair a d'éirigh mé ar maidin Dé Céadaoin Níor choisric mé m'éadan faraor, Nó gur bheir mé ar an arm aba ghéire Agus chuir mé a bhéal le cloich líomht. Chaith mise díom mo chuid éadaigh 'S mo chiall mhaith gur lig mé le gaoith 'S nuair a chuala mé iomrá ar mo chéadsearc Gur steall mé an corrmhéar ón alt díom. Is fada mo chosa gan bhróga 'Gus is faide mo phócaí gan phinghin 'Gus is fada mé gabháil le mná óga Ach níor ól mé riamh deor le mo mhian. Is fada mo chrá croí á dhéanamh Mo thuama á phriontáil ag saor 'S mo chónair á tógáil lá an Earraigh Is na buachaillí deasa ag gabháil faoi. Dá mbeinnse seacht mbliana faoin talamh Ná i bhfiabhras na leaba i mo luí A chéadsearc, dá dtiocfá agus m'fhiafraí Scéal cinnte go mbeinn leat 'mo shuí. Is trua nach marbh bhí m'athair Nuair a chuir sé mé go hairm an Rí. Is gurb í an uaigh mo chrualeaba feasta Is, a chéadsearc, nach trua leat mo luí?

When I arose on Wednesday morning I didn't bless myself, alas, As I took the weapon that would be the sharpest And I put an edge on it with a polished stone. I put on my clothes And my good sense left with the wind And when I heard a rumor about my sweetheart I cut off my index finger at the joint. It's long my feet have been without shoes And it is longer my pockets without pennies It is long since I have been going with young women but never before have I drunk the tears of my desire. It's long my heart has been broken My tombstone is being printed at the masons My burial will be in the Spring With the fine young men attending. If I would be seven years in the grave Or lying with fever in the bed Ah, sweetheart, if you would come and ask me Certainly I would be sitting up with you. It 's a pity that my father wasn't killed When he put me in the king's army. And it would be him in his misery and my hard dying also And, sweetheart, isn't it a pity my dying?

Courtesy of Vivian and Jack, IrishPage.com 2006
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The song Irish Soldier Laddie refers to the United Irishmen Rebellion of 1798.

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