"Who'll you give me to sail away,
And fare across the sea?"
"I'll give you James to sail away,
And fare across the sea?"
A shepherd he of fairest face,
A splendid fellow in ev'ry place,
At jig and reel he sets the pace
My sweet-heart true is he!"

"Who'll you give me to sail away,
And fare across the sea?"
"I'll give you Ned to sail away,
And fare across the sea?"
"I'd proudly walk the fair with him,
I'd shed all fear and care with him,
My life I'd blithely share with him,
My sweet-heart fond to be!"


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Source: Singing Together, Autumn 1972, BBC Publications

Notes:
(N.B. The question mark on line 4 appears spurious but is as printed.)

Published by Browne & Nolan Ltd, in Songs of the Irish, translated by Donal O'Sullivan.



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