Fuighfidh Mise’n Baile Seo / I Will Leave this Town
Duration | 2.10
NOTE: This is not an arrangement of a traditional Irish song. It is a traditional Irish text set to music by Michael McGlynn. All programme notes or attributions must reflect this fact as they would any other composer’s work.
This is an interesting text. A young woman laments her choices in life, choosing to marry a wealthy old man and not a young one. This setting is demanding and energetic.
- Mixed Voice Chorus
This order comes in US Letter and A4 format and a Pronunciation guide.
Fuígfidh mis’an baile seo mar tá sé dubh gránna,
‘Gus rachaidh mé go Connachta nó siar go Laighin Uí Eára, An áit a bhfaighidh mé póg ó mo stór is míle fáilte Sealbhán deas bó ‘gus cead mo phósadh ar a’ táilliúir.
‘Mhuire, nach mé ’n trua[ighe] ‘s mé pósta ar a’ sclábhaí,
Nach ligeann amach chun Aifrinn mé lá saoire nó Dé Domhnaigh, Nach dtéann go tígh a’ leanna liom ‘s nach n-ólfadh gine óir liom,
‘S nach dteannfadh lena chroí mé mar ‘dhéanfadh an buachaill óg liom.
Pósadh go hóg mé mar gheall ar na puntaí,
Lán mo dhá láimh is níor shásaigh sé riamh m’intinn;
Nach trua nach dtig an reacht ‘mach mar ‘tá ar bha ‘s ar chaoirigh, An té nach dtaitneodh ‘mhargadh leis a sheoladh ar ais ‘un aonaigh.
I will leave this town because it is dark and ugly
And I’ll go to Connacht or back to Leinster
A place where I will get a kiss from my love and a thousand welcomes A dowry of nice cows and my permission to marry the tailor
Mary, am I not a sad one to be married to that slave-driver
Who doesn’t let me out to Mass on a holy day or a Sunday
Who doesn’t go to the pub with me and who would not drink a golden guinea with me And who would not hold me to his heart as a young man would.
I was married young because I wanted money
It filled my two hands but it never satisfied my mind
It’s a pity that it is not possible, as it is with cows and sheep, To return your other half to the fair if you are not happy.
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