The Mermaid

Is cosúil gur mheath tú nó gur thréig tú an greann (It seems that you have changed and left behind your happiness)

Tá sneachta ga freasach fá bhéal na mbeann' (The snow is frosty on the heather)

Do chúl buí daite 's do bhéilín sámh (Your fair hair and your sweet mouth)

Siud chugaibh Mary Chinidh 's í ndiaidh an Éirne 'shnámh (Here comes Mary Kenny after swimming the length of the Erne)

A mháithrín dhílis, dúirt Máire Bhán ("Sweet mother," said Máire Bhán)

Fá bhruach an chladaigh 's fá bhéal na trá (At the edge of the quay and at the mouth of the beach)

Maighdeán Mhara, mo mháithrín ard ("My esteemed mother is a mermaid")

Siud chugaibh Mary Chinidh 's í ndiaidh an Éirne 'shnámh (Here comes Mary Kenny after swimming the length of the Erne)

Tá mise tuirseach agus beidh ga lá (I'm tired and I will be for some time)

Mo Mháire bhroinngheal 's mo Phádraig bán (My Máire of the white breast and my pale Pádraig)

Ar bharr na dtonna 's fá bhéal na trá (On the top of the waves and at the edge of the sea)

Siud chugaibh Mary Chinidh 's í ndiaidh an Éirne 'shnámh (Here comes Mary Kenny after swimming the length of the Erne)