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, ,CUAlCHIN GHLEANN NEIFIN~-~~~j[1? p jJ j 1 ! J lOP'}: J n 1111J.'-- Ta fear fada 'gus fasaeh ngleanntan a-Iuinn bhfad 0 bhaile ....-==-l_teG 'It cl§1 J dJj) I J J.t'"Ta uDal 'gus aimf ag fas go h-ard ar bharra erann annDa mbeinnse 's mo stoirm p6sta, 'san saol ag gabhail mar ba eheart tinnBheadh an t-or bUI in :ir bp6eal, is luaeh an oil ag bean a leannaTa fear fada 'gus fa sa ch i ngleanntanaluinn i bhfad 0 bhaileTa ullai 'gus aimi ag fas go h-ardar bharra crann annDa mbeinnse's mo stoirin posta, 'san saol ag gabhliil mar ba cheart linnBheadh an t-or bui in ar bpocai, isluach an oil ag bean a ' leannaDa mba liomsa oilean Eireann, fri nacheile 'gus an BhreatainNo a bhfuil den or craobhach age Searlaso Fatha.Do thabharfainn-se an meid sin as uchtmo stoirin a bheith agamI ngleanntan bhinn Neifin, no a mBealan Atha FadaTa smuit ar na realta ar an ngrein is aran ngealaighIs ar amharc mo shul fein , nf It!ir domna bealaighI ndiaidh cuaichin Ghleann Neifin narfhead me riamh a mhealladhIs a stoirin tabhair on bpein me, os i domhein bhrea ata dho mo lagadh.Agus fagfaidh me an ait seo , mar ta se anuaigneach.A toraiocht mo mhile stoirin ins gach aitda bhfaighidh me a tuairiscNi leir dhom na cros-bhoithre, ta nadeora dho mo dhalladhSe mo lean gear gan teach mo loistin sanait a gcoirionn tu do leaba.CUAlCHIN GHLEANN NEIFIN: thereare two songs which bear this title; theother one being the one which commences'0 eireoidh me amc'tireach leFainne an lae gleigil.' Both words andtune are completely different in eachcase. The version given here is onewhich is widely sung by sean nos singersin Connemara.:lOc