I heard the story o mo athair
Got no Gaelic ? Doesn’t matter!
This rural Ireland’s tragic tale …
Narrates a sad seductive sceal
concerning lust, without discretion
Agus beagnach rudai eile freisin
Uair amhain – fa do, fa do
On a farm near Carraroe
Lived buachaill maith named Micheal Mor
An only son of thirty-four
When work was done at end of day
He’d settle down with cupan tae
And seldom felt the call to stroll
Or spend the evening time ag ceol …