I
Ó fúist a 'níon agus ná bí cráite,
Nach fusa fear eile fháil ná dís dearthár,
Tá súil 's Rí agam gurb iad mo chlann a thing
Agus an Búrcach an chúl duine a fágadh.
II
Tá súil is a Rí agam gurb iad do chlann a fágadh,
Donnchadh fionn geal, chéad mhac mo mháthra,
Agus an Búrcach a theacht ón ghabhadh,
Nach leis fhéin a ba trua mo chás-sa.
III
A mháithrín dílis can mar is cóir duit,
Nach é do chliamhain uasal óg é,
Ní hé mac mná na mbailteach mór é,
Is gur in a chliamhain ag an iarla ba chóir é.
IV
Nach é a dhéanfadh mo cheann a dheasadh,
Nach é a dhéanfadh mo bhróga a bhreacadh,
Is leis go ndéanfainn-se casóid m’ocrais,
Nuair nár mhór uaim fhéin glacadh.
V
Ó druidigí thart, mná na gclóca,
Seo feoil chugaibh is chan feoil chóir í,
Ní feoil mhuice ná caorach rósta,
Ach an Búrcach, i dtús a óige.
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