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AN GAOḊAL.
ṪEAGṀAMAR, BA I MBUIḊEAN.
(Le Tomás O'Haoiḋeaḋa Baġleġ)
Ṫeagṁamar — buḋ i mbuiḋean,
Agus ṡíleas a ṡeaċnaḋ;
Ṫainic sé — ní ḟeudfainn bíoḋgaḋ
Mar ḃí a ṡúile orm leagṫaḋ.
Laḃair sé — ḃí ḟocla fuar,
A's ḃí a smigeaḋ gan aṫruġ';
Buḋ leur dam mian a ċroiḋe
Mar ḃí fuaim a ġoṫa crioṫaḋ.
Ċaiṫeas mo ċulaiḋ céile
A's ṫugas bárr ar a gile!
Ḃí seoide in mo ġruaig,
A's d' ḟuaṫ' mé a lonnraḋ; —
Do ġoir sé ar mo ṡloinne —
Mar ċéile fir eile —
O! is tú siocair ḋuḃróin
A's geur-ċaoin' mo ṁaime!
Ṫeagṁamar am arís,
'S ḃí cailín deas ionn' aice;
Smig sé 'gus ċogair ciuin,
Mar buḋ ġnáṫaċ liom a ċluinne;
Do ġlac sí tac' a láiṁe —
Uair, ba lioms' é gan roinne —
Ġoileas, óir do ṫuilleas
Ḃeiṫ mo ṫruaḋánaċ uaigneaċ.
A's béiḋ sí a ċéile!
Ag an altóir do ġeoḃfas
An gráḋ do ḃí ro ġlé
Do ṁealltóir gan ċroiḋe.
Measann an saoġal mé beoḋa,
Óir múċaim mo smuainte,
O! is tú siocair ḋuḃróin
'Gus aṁgair mo ṁaime!
This is the time for Irish-Ameri-
cans to have themseles counted
when the English and pro-English
would fain ignore them. The Gae-
lic League of America is non-secta-
rian; all Irishmen can join it, and
beseech of all Irish-American edi-
tors to keep it before their readers
