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Ó RÓ MO BHÁIDÍN Lead: Richard

A Irish rowing song learned from our good friend Shay Black.

LYRICS:

I'll set my sail and to west I will steer
Chorus: Óró mo churraichín ó [Phonetic: O-row muh kurrukeen-o]
And 'til midsummer night you will not see me here
Chorus: Óró mo bháidín [Phonetic: O-row muh vaw-geen]

Full Chorus:
Óró mo churraichín ó,
Óró mo bháidín
Haulaway, haulaway, haulaway together,
Ò-ó-r ó, mo bháidín!

Isn't she fine on the bay as she glides
As the pull on the rowlocks so sturdy she guides

How wondrous her leaping the waves o'er and o'er
And so light when we haul her up over the shore

I'll set my sail and to west I will steer
And 'til midsummer night you will not see me here

NOTES:

Learned from our good friend Shay Black, who sings this rowing song in Irish. We kept the Irish chorus and refrains but we opted to sing the verses in English, translated for us by Shay.