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The instrumental range is as wide as the vocal, but the instruments best suited to render this air authentically are the native Irish uilleann pipes, flute, fiddle, and whistle, as these are capable of making the "caoine" ("cry"), the note-shaping and changing that is characteristic of the native
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in 1587, when they were both teenagers. O'Donnell divorced Róisín in 1595. According to G. F. Dalton, Róisín's "misfortunes and her high birth attracted the attention of ballad-makers, who saw her as a type of
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is superficially a love song, it has been described as a patriotic poem that hides its nationalism via allegory. In a time when
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651:. University of California Libraries. Boston, New York : Lamson, Wolffe & co.; London, John Lane. p. 115.
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Irish music. However, other versions using different instruments are also widely available.
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32:"Róisín Dubh" translates to "Black/Dark Rose" - referring to Róisín's dark hair colour.
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The Friars are out on the brine. They are travelling the sea
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Beidh gach gleann sléibhe ar fud éireann is móinte ar crith,
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A chraoibhín chumhra, gheallais domhsa go raibh grá agat dom
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Fragrant small branch, you have given your word you love me
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You have driven me mad, fickle girl- may it do you no good!
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Is go bhfuil m'anam istigh i ngean ort 's ní inné ná inniu;
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Tá na bráithre 'teacht thar sáile 's iad ag triall ar muir,
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I have cleared the Erne, though in spate, at a single leap
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Your pardon from the Pope will come, from Rome in the East
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Beidh an fharraige 'na tonntaibh dearga is doirtfear fuil,
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is dhéanfainn soiscéal i lár an aifrinn do mo Róisín Dubh,
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Dá mbeadh seisreach agam threabhfainn in aghaidh na gcnoc,
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I'd kiss the young girl who would grant me her maidenhead
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I would walk in the dew beside you, or the bitter desert
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I've crossed over mountains with her, and sailed the sea
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is dhéanfainn cleas ar chúl an leasa le mo Róisín Dubh.
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bhéarfainn póg don chailín óg a bhéarfadh a hóighe dhom,
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in O'Donnell's camps. Another source attributes it to a
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And we won't spare the
Spanish wine for my Roisin Dubh
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Roisin, have no sorrow for all that has happened to you
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Mangan, James
Clarence; Guiney, Louise Imogen (1897).
523:"The Tradition of Blood Sacrifice to the Goddess Éire"
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Beidh an Éirne 'na tuiltibh tréana is réabfar cnoic,
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An éirne is chaith mé 'léim í, cé gur mór é an sruth;
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If I had six horses, I would plough against the hill
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O deceive not the one who loves you, my Roisin Dubh
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Mar shúil go bhfaighinn rún uait nó páirt dem thoil.
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Mhairbh tú mé, a bhrídeach, is nárbh fhearrde dhuit,
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Trasna sléibhte go ndeachas léi, fé sheolta ar muir;
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562:; Thomas Kinsella (Editor), Seán Ó Tuama (Editor);
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The ocean will be all red waves, the sky all blood,
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Far have we journeyed together, since days gone by.
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222:My soul is in thrall, not just yesterday nor today
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259:One day, before she shall perish, my Roisin Dubh.
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155:Is fada an réim a léig mé léi ó inné 'dtí inniu,
235:The choicest flower of Munster, my Roisin Dubh
170:Ná feall orm is mé i ngean ort, a Róisín Dubh.
150:Tiocfaidh do phárdún ón bPápa is ón Róimh anoir
560:Duanaire, 1600–1900: Poems of the Dispossessed
168:D'fhág tú lag anbhfann mé i ngné is i gcruth-
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