In iníon d'aoire mé féinig gan amhras/I'm a herdsman's daughter sure enough

Do bhíodh ina cónaí cois taobh na Leamhna/Who once lived down by the banks of the Laune

Bhí bothán agam féin ann is fuinneog I gceann de/I had a cabin there a window in the gable

Fad a bhíodh an bainne ag téamh agam 'sea ghlaofainn ar na gamhna/While I heated the milk I called in the calves

Aililiú na gamhna na gamhna bána/the calves the pretty calves

Aililiú na gamhna na gamhna b'iad a b'fhearr liom/the calves I loved them the best

Aililiú na gamhna na gamhna geala bána/the calves the fine pretty calves

Na gamhna maidin shamhraidh ag damhsa ar na bánta/Dancing in the meadow on a clear summer's morning

Faightear dom cana is faightear dom bhuarach/Get me a can and get me a ladle

Is faightear dom soitheach ina gcuirfead mo chuid uachtair/Get me a vessel to take all the cream

Ceolta sí na cruinne bheith á síorchur I m'chluasa/The magic music of the world always around me

Ba bhinne liomsa géimneach na mbó ag teacht chun buaile/But sweeter sounding still the cattle lowing to the parlor

Rachaimid ar an aonach is ceannóimid gamhna/Let us go to the fair and buy us some calves

Is cuirfimid ar féar iad amach ins na gleannta/Put them to grass out above in the valleys

Osfaidh siad an féar is barr an aitinn ghallda/They'll eat all the grass and the tufts of the strange gorse

Is tiocfaidh siad abhaile chun an bhainne I gcóir an tSamhraidh/And come home for the milk at the start of the summer