A Bhuinneán Bhuí is é mo chrá do luí Is do chnámha sínte ar leaca lom' Is nach dtearn tú díth no dolaidh sa tír Is narbh fhearr leat fíon nó uisce poill. Dá gcuirfeá scéala fá mo dhéin Go raibh tú i ngéibhinn nó i ndeacair iot' Ó bhainfinnse béim ar Loch Mhic an Éin A fhliuchfadh do bhéal is do bhrollach síos.
Ní hiad bhur n-éanlaith atá mé ag éagaoin An chuach, an traona ná an chorr-bhreac Ach an Buinneán Buí, a bhí lán de chroí Is gur cosúil liom féin é i snua is i ndreach. Bhíodh sé ag síoról na dí Is deir daoine go mbím ar an nós sin seal Is níl braon dá bhfuighinn nach ligfinn síos Ar fhaitíos go bhfuighinn féin bás den tart!
Is é 'd'iarr mo stór orm ligint den ól Nó nach mbeinnse beo ach seal beag gearr: Is é dúirt mé léi gur chan sí an bhréag Nó go mb'fhaide do mo shaol an braon seo a fháil. Nach bhfeiceann tú éan an phíobáin réidh Go dteachaidh sí in éag den tart ar ball? Is a dhaoine cléibh, fliuchaigí bhur mbéal Nó ní bhfuighidh sibh braon i ndiaidh bhur mbáis! Oh Yellow Bittern, alas to see you stretched And your bones there lying on bare flagstones You did no harm at all in the country And would just as prefer ditch water to wine Had you only sent me a message That you were in a quandry, in need of a drink I would have broken the ice on the lake To wet your beak and all the way down to your breast.
I'm not lamenting your ordinary birds The cuckoo, the corncrake or the dappled heron But the yellow bittern of the great heart Who was just like me in many ways He was always fond of the sup And people say I'm fond of a drop myself Whatever drink comes my way, it's down it goes For fear that I might one day die of thirst!
And my darling asked me to give up the booze Or I'd only be alive a short while more, I told her straight out she was telling a lie And that the drink extended my life's span. Don't you see that bird with the smooth neck That only a while ago perished with the thirst? Ah, my pleasant people, wet your whistles Because after death ye won't get a drop! Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
