Lyrics and translation Luke Kelly - The Jail of Cluain Meala
How
hard
is
my
fortune
how
vain
my
repining,
Comme
ma
fortune
est
dure,
combien
vains
sont
mes
gémissements,
The
strong
rope
of
fate
for
my
young
neck
is
twinning,
La
corde
solide
du
destin
s'enroule
autour
de
mon
jeune
cou,
My
strenght
is
departed
my
cheek
sunk
and
sallow,
Ma
force
m'a
quitté,
ma
joue
est
creuse
et
pâle,
While
I
languish
is
chains
in
the
Jail
of
Cluain
Meala.
Tandis
que
je
languis
dans
les
chaînes
de
la
prison
de
Cluain
Meala.
No
boy
in
the
village
was
ever
yet
milder.
Aucun
garçon
du
village
n'a
jamais
été
aussi
doux.
I
could
play
with
a
child
and
my
sport
be
no
wilder.
Je
pouvais
jouer
avec
un
enfant
et
mon
jeu
n'était
pas
plus
sauvage.
I
could
dance
without
tiring
from
morning
till
evening
Je
pouvais
danser
sans
me
fatiguer
du
matin
au
soir.
And
my
goalball
I′d
strike
to
the
lightning
of
heaven.
Et
je
frappais
mon
ballon
avec
l'éclair
du
ciel.
At
my
bed
foot
decaying
my
hurley
is
lying.
Ma
crosse
est
couchée
au
pied
de
mon
lit,
en
train
de
pourrir.
Through
the
lads
of
the
village
my
goalball
is
flying.
Mon
ballon
vole
parmi
les
garçons
du
village.
My
horse
'mong
the
neighbours
neglected
may
fallow.
Mon
cheval
attend
négligé
chez
mes
voisins,
While
this
heart
young
and
gay
lies
cold
in
Cluan
Meala.
Tandis
que
mon
jeune
et
gai
cœur
se
glace
à
Cluan
Meala.
Next
Sunday
the
pattern
at
home
will
be
keeping.
Dimanche
prochain,
c'est
la
fête
au
village.
All
the
lads
of
the
village
the
fields
will
be
sweeping.
Tous
les
garçons
du
village
balayeront
les
champs.
And
the
dance
of
fair
maidens
the
evening
will
hallow.
Et
la
danse
des
jeunes
filles
sanctifiera
la
soirée.
While
this
heart
young
and
gay
lies
cold
in
Cluan
Meala.
Tandis
que
mon
jeune
et
gai
cœur
se
glace
à
Cluan
Meala.
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2 Scorn Not His Simplicity
3 The Sun Is Burning
4 The Holy Ground
5 Whiskey in the Jar
6 Dirty Old Town
7 The Unquiet Grave
8 The Rare Auld Times
9 The Peat Bog Soldiers
10 Alabama '58
11 The Molly Maguires
12 Home Boys Home
13 Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man
14 The Wild Rover
15 The Town I Loved So Well
16 Kelly The Boy From Killane
17 For What Died the Sons of Róisín
18 The Auld Triangle
19 The Rising Of The Moon
20 The Black Velvet Band
21 Hand Me Down Me Bible
22 Song for Ireland
23 Joe Hill
24 The Night Visiting Song
25 The Jail of Cluain Meala
26 God Save Ireland
27 A Gentleman Soldier
28 The Gartan Mother's Lullaby
29 Springhill Mining Disaster
30 Free the People
31 Montreux Monto
2 Scorn Not His Simplicity
3 The Sun Is Burning
4 The Holy Ground
5 Whiskey in the Jar
6 Dirty Old Town
7 The Unquiet Grave
8 The Rare Auld Times
9 The Peat Bog Soldiers
10 Alabama '58
11 The Molly Maguires
12 Home Boys Home
13 Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man
14 The Wild Rover
15 The Town I Loved So Well
16 Kelly The Boy From Killane
17 For What Died the Sons of Róisín
18 The Auld Triangle
19 The Rising Of The Moon
20 The Black Velvet Band
21 Hand Me Down Me Bible
22 Song for Ireland
23 Joe Hill
24 The Night Visiting Song
25 The Jail of Cluain Meala
26 God Save Ireland
27 A Gentleman Soldier
28 The Gartan Mother's Lullaby
29 Springhill Mining Disaster
30 Free the People
31 Montreux Monto
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