Lyrics and translation The Dubliners - The Jail of Cluain Meala
How
hard
is
my
fortune,
how
vain
my
repining.
Comme
mon
destin
est
cruel,
comme
mes
regrets
sont
vains.
The
strong
rope
of
fate
for
my
young
neck
is
twining.
La
corde
de
la
fatalité
se
resserre
autour
de
mon
jeune
cou.
My
strength
is
departed,
my
cheeks
sunk
and
sallow
Ma
force
s'est
envolée,
mes
joues
sont
pâles
et
creuses,
While
I
languish
in
chains
in
the
jail
of
Cluan
Meala.
Alors
que
je
languis
enchaîné
dans
la
prison
de
Cluain
Meala.
No
boy
in
the
village
was
ever
yet
milder.
Aucun
garçon
du
village
n'était
jamais
plus
doux
que
moi.
I
could
play
with
a
child
and
my
sport
be
no
wilder.
Je
pouvais
jouer
avec
un
enfant,
et
mon
amusement
n'était
jamais
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
lançais
ma
balle
de
jeu
jusqu'à
l'éclair
du
ciel.
At
my
bed
foot
decaying
my
hurley
is
lying.
A
mes
pieds,
ma
crosse
se
décompose.
Through
the
lads
of
the
village
my
goalball
is
flying.
La
balle
de
jeu
vole
entre
les
garçons
du
village.
My
horse
'mong
the
neighbours
neglected
may
fallow.
Mon
cheval,
négligé
par
les
voisins,
pourrait
bien
rester
en
jachère.
While
this
heart
young
and
gay
lies
cold
in
Cluan
Meala.
Alors
que
ce
cœur
jeune
et
gai
gît
froid
à
Cluain
Meala.
Next
Sunday
the
pattern
at
home
will
be
keeping.
Dimanche
prochain,
la
fête
se
tiendra
à
la
maison.
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
belles
filles
sanctifiera
le
soir.
While
this
heart
young
and
gay
lies
cold
in
Cluan
Meala.
Alors
que
ce
cœur
jeune
et
gai
gît
froid
à
Cluain
Meala.
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1
The Rare Old Times
2 Joe Hill
3 Springhill Mining Disaster
4 Three Lovely Lassies from Kimmage
5 The Thirty Foot Trailer
6 The Hen's March to the Midden
7 The Downfall of Paris
8 Whiskey in the Jar
9 Dirty Old Town
10 The Unquiet Grave
11 A Gentleman Soldier
12 The Parting Glass
13 Building Up And Tearing England Down
14 Kelly the Boy From Killane
15 Home Boys Home
16 Mcalpine's Fusiliers
17 Sam Hall
18 Hand Me Down Me Bible
19 Alabama '58
20 The Waterford Boys / The Humours Of Scariff / The Flannel Jacket
21 The Old Triangle
22 Song For Ireland
23 Down by the Glenside
24 Scorn Not His Simplicity
25 The Lark in the Morning
26 Matt Hyland
27 Avondale
28 God Save Ireland
29 High Germany
30 The Captains and the Kings
31 The Bonny Boy
32 The Town I Loved so Well
33 The Louse House of Kilkenny
34 The Comical Genius
35 The Spanish Lady
36 Farewell to Carlingford
37 The Gartan Mother's Lullaby
38 The Black Velvet Band
39 The Holy Ground
40 The Night Visiting Song
41 Free the People
42 The Lord of the Dance
43 Skibbereen
44 The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
45 Molly Malone
46 Monto
47 The Musical Priest / the Blackthorn Stick
48 Last Night's Fun / the Congress Reel
49 My Darling Asleep / Paddy In London / an T-Athair Jack Walsh
50 The Fermoy Lassies / Sporting Paddy
51 The Ploughboy Lads
52 Cúnla
53 Drops of Brandy / Lady Carberry
54 Take It Down From the Mast
55 Doherty's Reel / Down the Broom
56 Belfast Hornpipe / Tim Maloney
57 The Four Poster Bed / Colonel Rodney
58 Blue Mountain Rag
59 Ojos Negros
60 The Prodigal Son
61 The Jail of Cluain Meala
62 Boulavogue
63 The Greenland White Fisheries
2 Joe Hill
3 Springhill Mining Disaster
4 Three Lovely Lassies from Kimmage
5 The Thirty Foot Trailer
6 The Hen's March to the Midden
7 The Downfall of Paris
8 Whiskey in the Jar
9 Dirty Old Town
10 The Unquiet Grave
11 A Gentleman Soldier
12 The Parting Glass
13 Building Up And Tearing England Down
14 Kelly the Boy From Killane
15 Home Boys Home
16 Mcalpine's Fusiliers
17 Sam Hall
18 Hand Me Down Me Bible
19 Alabama '58
20 The Waterford Boys / The Humours Of Scariff / The Flannel Jacket
21 The Old Triangle
22 Song For Ireland
23 Down by the Glenside
24 Scorn Not His Simplicity
25 The Lark in the Morning
26 Matt Hyland
27 Avondale
28 God Save Ireland
29 High Germany
30 The Captains and the Kings
31 The Bonny Boy
32 The Town I Loved so Well
33 The Louse House of Kilkenny
34 The Comical Genius
35 The Spanish Lady
36 Farewell to Carlingford
37 The Gartan Mother's Lullaby
38 The Black Velvet Band
39 The Holy Ground
40 The Night Visiting Song
41 Free the People
42 The Lord of the Dance
43 Skibbereen
44 The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
45 Molly Malone
46 Monto
47 The Musical Priest / the Blackthorn Stick
48 Last Night's Fun / the Congress Reel
49 My Darling Asleep / Paddy In London / an T-Athair Jack Walsh
50 The Fermoy Lassies / Sporting Paddy
51 The Ploughboy Lads
52 Cúnla
53 Drops of Brandy / Lady Carberry
54 Take It Down From the Mast
55 Doherty's Reel / Down the Broom
56 Belfast Hornpipe / Tim Maloney
57 The Four Poster Bed / Colonel Rodney
58 Blue Mountain Rag
59 Ojos Negros
60 The Prodigal Son
61 The Jail of Cluain Meala
62 Boulavogue
63 The Greenland White Fisheries
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