Prompt / Lyrics
[Intro] [low vocal register]“Seo chugainn é A chairde An diabhal féin ar strae…”[/low vocal register] [claps start Bodhrán builds] [Verse 1] Bhí mé ag an níocháin Ag an sruth fuar Ag gáire liom Linnéad bán Mo lámha fliuch Mo chroí chomh géar le scian Tháinig sé i gcóta dearg Bróga gléigeal Boladh deataigh “A chailín chliste Tabhair dom póg Beidh óir is saibhreas agat” [Chorus] “Imigh leat A dhiabhal Níl m’ainm ar do liosta! Imigh leat A dhiabhal Tóg do bhréag go hIfreann! Is mise bean na n-aitheanta Cliste Cróga Gan faitíos Imigh leat A dhiabhal Roimh mo gháire is mo ghlór!” (hey!) [Verse 2] Dúirt sé: “Tabhair dom d’anam Faighfidh tú trí ghrá go deo” Dúirt mé: “Scríobh síos ar an bpáipéar Gach focal Gan botún” Chas mé an leathanach bun os cionn Léigh sé siar air féin an geall Ghabh an sruth an páipéar leis Agus thóg an ghaoth a smál [Chorus] [Bridge] [whispered vocals]“Má thagann sé chugat anocht Cuimhnigh mo fhocal A stór…”[/whispered vocals] [full pub chant]“Tabhair gáire don diabhal! Tabhair ceacht don diabhal! Tabhair póg don diabhal Ansan gearr as a chosa é!” (hey! hey!) [Chorus]
Tags
folk, Fast Irish folk stomp with bodhrán driving the downbeat and clapping crowds on 2 & 4, female vocals upfront with rowdy gang shouts on the hook. Fiddle saws out a cutting reel figure between lines, octave drones in the chorus. Arrangement stays tight and breathless: two lean verses, big chant chorus that the whole pub can roar, short fiddle break, then a final key-lift reprise that ends on a unison shout., irish folk, clever, playful
Duration
2:28
Instrumental
No
Created
1/10/2026