Chuaigh mé chun aonaigh is dhíol mé mo bhó Ar chúig phunta airgid is ar ghiní bhuí óir Má ólaim an t-airgead is má bhronnaim an t-ór Ó cad é sin do'n té sin nach mbaineann sin dó
Má théim 'na choille chraobhaigh cruinniú smeara nó cró A bhaint úllaí de ghéaga nó a bhuachailleacht bó Má shíním seal uaire faoi chrann a dhéanamh só Ó cad é sin do'n té sin nach mbaineann sin dó
Má théimse chuig airnéal is rince is spórt Chuig aonach is rásaí 's gach cruinniú den tsórt Má chím daoine súgach is má bhím súgach leo Ó cad é sin do'n té sin nach mbaineann sin dó
Deir daoine go bhfuil mé gan rath 's gan dóigh Gan earra gan éadach gan bólacht ná stór Má tá mise sásta mó chónaí i gcró Ó cad é sin do'n té sin nach mbaineann sin dó
Chuaigh mé chun aonaigh is dhíol mé mo bhó Ar chúig phunta airgid is ar ghiní bhuí óir Má ólaim an t-airgead is má bhronnaim an t-ór Ó cad é sin do'n té sin nach mbaineann sin dó
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What's It To Anyone?
I went to the fair and I sold my cow For five pounds of silver and a golden guinnea If I drink the money and if I spend the gold Oh what does it matter to those it doesn't concern
If I go to the thick woods to gather berries or nuts Take apples from the branches or become a cowherd If I stretch out under a tree for an hour to do it Oh what does it matter to those it doesn't concern
If I go to night-visiting and dance and have fun To a fair and races and everything like that If I see tipsy people and if I'm tipsy with them Oh what does it matter to those it doesn't concern
People say that I'm good for nothing and a wastrel Without goods without clothes without kith or kine If I'm happy with living in a shack Oh what does it matter to those it doesn't concern
I went to the fair and I sold my cow For five pounds of silver and a golden guinnea If I drink the money and if I spend the gold Oh what does it matter to those it doesn't concern