Suil a Ruin

Siuil a Ruin – Traditional Irish, Arr. by Heidi McCurdy

(italics = phonetic)

VERSE 1: I wish I were on yonder hill
Tis there I’d sit and cry my fill
Till every tear would turn a mill
Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan. (Iss guh jay thoo mavorneen slawn)

CHORUS: Siuil, siuil, siuil a ruin
Siuil go sochair agus siuil go ciuin
Siuil go doras agus ealaigh liom
Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan
(Shule, shule, shule aroon,
Shule guh succir agus, shule guh kewn,
Shule guh durrus oggus aylig lume,
Iss guh jay thoo mavorneen slawn)

VERSE 2: Ill sell my rock, Ill sell my reel
Ill sell my only spinning wheel
to buy my love a sword of steel
Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan

(Iss guh jay thoo mavorneen slawn)

CHORUS…

VERSE 3: I'll dye my petticoats, I'll dye them red
and it's round the world I will beg for bread
until my parents would wish me dead.
Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan (Iss guh jay thoo mavorneen slawn.)

CHORUS…

VERSE 4: I wish I wish I wish in vain

I wish I had my heart again

And vainly think I’d not complain

Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan.

(Iss guh jay thoo mavorneen slawn.)

CHORUS…

VERSE 5: But now my love has gone to France,
To try his fortune to advance;
If he e'er come back, 'tis but a chance,
Iss guh day thoo mavorneen slawn.

 (Iss guh jay thoo mavorneen slawn.)

CHORUS…