Hó-bha-in
Curfá / refrain:
Hó-bha-ín, hó-ba-ín, hó-bha-ín mo ghrá ,
Hó-bha-ín mo leana agus codail go lá .
Hó-bha-ín mo leana is hó-bha-ín mo roghain,
Hó-bha-ín mo leana is gabh amach a bhadhbh badhbh.
(Hó-bha-ín, hó-ba-ín, hó-bha-ín my darling,
Hó-bha-ín my child and sleep till day..
Hó-bha-ín my child is hó-bha-ín my dearest one,
Hó-bha-ín my child and clear out you evil spirit evil spirit.)
Agus d’imigh do Mhama le Filipe Dall
Agus níl ’fhios a’m beo cé hé!
(And your Momma went off with blind Filipe
And on my life I don’t know who he is!)
Curfá / refrain:
Is ta capall an tsagairt i ngáirdín Sheáin Ghabha,
Mura gcuire tú as í, ó déanfaidh sé foghail.
(And the priest’s horse is in t