Original | Versione inglese delle parti in gaelico |
THE BIG FELLAH | THE BIG FELLAH |
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Mo chara is mo lao thu! | My friend and my calf |
Is aisling trí néallaibh | A vision in dream |
Do deineadh aréir dom | Was revealed to me last night |
IgCorcaigh go déanach | In Cork, a late hour, |
Ar leaba im aonar | In my solitary bed |
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I remember you back in the GPO with Connolly and Clarke | I remember you back in the GPO with Connolly and Clarke |
Laughin' with McDermott through the bullets and the sparks | Laughin' with McDermott through the bullets and the sparks |
Always with the smart remark, your eyes blazin' and blue | Always with the smart remark, your eyes blazin' and blue |
But when we needed confidence we always turned to you | But when we needed confidence we always turned to you |
And when they shot our leaders up against Kilmainham wall | And when they shot our leaders up against Kilmainham wall |
You were there beside us in that awful Easter dawn | You were there beside us in that awful Easter dawn |
Hey, big fellah..........where the hell are you now | Hey, big fellah..........where the hell are you now |
When we need you the most | When we need you the most |
Hey, big fellah..........c'mon | Hey, big fellah..........c'mon |
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Tabhair dom do lámh | Give me your hand |
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Back on the streets of Dublin when we fought the black and tans | Back on the streets of Dublin when we fought the black and tans |
You were there beside us, a towerin' mighty man | You were there beside us, a towerin' mighty man |
And God help the informer or the hated English spy | And God help the informer or the hated English spy |
By Jaysus, Mick, you'd crucify them without the blinkin' of an eye | By Jaysus, Mick, you'd crucify them without the blinkin' of an eye |
Still you had a heart as soft as the early mornin' dew | Still you had a heart as soft as the early mornin' dew |
Every widow, whore and orphan could always turn to you | Every widow, whore and orphan could always turn to you |
We beat them in the cities and we whipped them in the streets | We beat them in the cities and we whipped them in the streets |
And the world hailed Michael Collins, our commander and our chief | And the world hailed Michael Collins, our commander and our chief |
And they sent you off to London to negotiate a deal | And they sent you off to London to negotiate a deal |
And to gain us a republic, united, boys, and real | And to gain us a republic, united, boys, and real |
But the women and the drink, Mick, they must have got to you | But the women and the drink, Mick, they must have got to you |
'Cause you came back with a country divided up in two | 'Cause you came back with a country divided up in two |
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We had to turn against you, Mick, there was nothin' we could do | We had to turn against you, Mick, there was nothin' we could do |
'Cause we couldn't betray the republic like Arthur Griffith and you | 'Cause we couldn't betray the republic like Arthur Griffith and you |
We fought against each other, two brothers steeped in blood | We fought against each other, two brothers steeped in blood |
But I never doubted that your heart was broken in the flood | But I never doubted that your heart was broken in the flood |
And though we had to shoot you down in golden Béal na Blath | And though we had to shoot you down in golden Béal na Blath |
I always knew that Ireland lost her greatest son of all | I always knew that Ireland lost her greatest son of all |