Key: C
Introduction:
C F G C
Verse
C F C
Aréir is mé téarnamh ar neoin
F G
Ar a' dtaobh eile 'en teóra seo thiós
C F C
Do thaobhnaigh an spéirbhean im' chomhair
G C
D'fhág taomanac breoite lag tinn
Verse
F
Le haon ghean dá méin is dá cló
C G
Dá bréithre 's dá beol tanaí binn
C F C
Do léimeas fá dhéin dul 'na treo
G C
Is ar Éirinn ní neosfainn cé hí
Verse
C F C
Last night in strange fields as I roved
F G
Such a vision I passed on my way
C F C
A young woman so fair to behold
G C
That in seconds my heart was astray
Verse
F
Oh, she reached out a welcoming hand
C G
But I knew that it never could be
C F C
And before I could kiss her sweet lips
G C
She had vanished forever from me
Outro