Lyrics and translation The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - The Real Old Mountain Dew

The Real Old Mountain Dew

La Vraie Ancienne Mountain Dew

Let grasses grow

Laisse pousser l'herbe

And Waters flow

Et couler l'eau

In a free and easy way.

D'une manière libre et facile.

But give me enough

Mais donne-moi assez

Of the finer stuff,

Des choses plus fines,

That's made near Galway Bay.

C'est fait près de la baie de Galway.

And peelers all,

Et les policiers,

From Donegal,

De Donegal,

Galway and Leitrum too.

Galway et Leitrim aussi.

We'll give them the slip

On leur fera faux bond

And we'll take a sip

Et on prendra une gorgée

Of the real old mountain dew.

De la vraie vieille mountain dew.

At the foot of the hill

Au pied de la colline

There's a neat little still

Il y a un petit alambic

Where the smoke curls up to the sky.

Où la fumée monte jusqu'au ciel.

By the smoke and the smell

Par la fumée et l'odeur

You can plainly tell

Tu peux dire clairement

That there's poteen brewing nearby.

Qu'il y a du poteen qui brasse à proximité.

For it fills the air

Car il remplit l'air

With odor rare

D'une odeur rare

And betwixt both me and you,

Et entre toi et moi,

When home you roll

Quand tu rentres chez toi

You can take a bowl

Tu peux prendre un bol

Of the real old mountain dew

De la vraie vieille mountain dew

Now learned men

Maintenant, les savants

Who use the pen

Qui utilisent la plume

Have wrote your praises high.

Ont écrit tes louanges en haut.

This sweet poteen

Ce doux poteen

From Ireland's green

De l'Irlande verte

Distilled from Wheat and Rye.

Distillé du blé et du seigle.

Throw away your pills

Jette tes pilules

It'll cure all ills,

Il guérira tous les maux,

Be you Pagan, Christian, Jew.

Sois-tu païen, chrétien ou juif.

Take off your coat

Enlève ton manteau

And free your throat

Et libère ta gorge

With the real old mountain dew

Avec la vraie vieille mountain dew

Hi the diddly idle um diddly doo idle um, diddly doo rah diddly-i-day

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Writer(s): Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Scott Wiseman

Album

Finnegan's Wake

date of release

01-12-2010

1 The Croppy Boy
2 The Foggy Dew
3 The Minstrel Boy
4 The Wind That Shakes the Barley
5 Tipperary Far Away
6 Kelly the Boy from Killanne
7 Kevin Barry
8 Whack Fol the Diddle
9 O'Donnell Aboo
10 The Men of the West
11 Eamonn An Chnuic (Ned Of The Hills)
12 Nell Flaherty's Drake
13 The Rising of the Moon
14 Boulavogue
15 Whiskey You're the Devil
16 The Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe
17 The Moonshiner
18 Bold Thady Quill
19 Rosin the Bow
20 Finnegan's Wake
21 The Real Old Mountain Dew
22 Courtin' in the Kitchen
23 Mick Mcguire
24 A Jug of Punch
25 Johnny Mceldoo
26 Cruiscin Lan
27 Portlairge
28 The Parting Glass
29 Whiskey You're the Devil
30 The Croppy Boy
31 The Foggy Dew
32 The Minstrel Boy
33 The Wind That Shakes the Barley
34 Tipperary Far Away
35 Kelly the Boy from Killanne
36 Kevin Barry
37 Whack Fol the Diddle
38 O Donnell Aboo
39 The Men of the West
40 Eamonn An Chnuic (Ned Of The Hills)
41 Nell Flaherty's Drake
42 Boulavogue
43 The Rising of the Moon
44 The Parting Glass
45 The Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe
46 The Moonshiner
47 Bold Thady Quill
48 Rosin The Bow
49 Finnegan's Wake
50 The Real Old Mountain Dew
51 Courtin' In the Kitchen
52 Mick McGuire
53 A Jug of Punch
54 Johnny McEldoo
55 Cruiscin Lan
56 Portlairge

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