An Toileán Úr [English translation]

I Made A Bold Decision And I Followed It With Certainty

That I Would Leave This Place For The New Land

I Set Off With The High King Above My Shoulders

To Walk This Lonely Earth

I Walked For One Hundred Thousand Miles And Did Not See

A Sheep Cow Or Donkey Grazing In The Fields

I Only Saw Big Towns With Men Women And Children In Tatters

With Hunger And Fear In Their Lives

I Came Across A House With Some Decent Folk In

It

They Asked Me My Name And Where I Was From

I Told Them In English I Was Born In Ireland

On The Coast Of Loch Erne Beside Ballyrath

There Was An Old Woman In The Corner Knitting Socks

She Joyfully Rose To Her Feet And Said

"Bless My Soul My Fellow Countryman You Are Truly

One Of Us

I Was Raised In Ireland Near Ballyrath"

I Made A Bold Decision And I Followed It With Certainty

That I Would Go Back To Ireland The Place Where I Will Be Buried

Where There Are Good Gentle Folk And Nice Young

Girls

For Me To Spend All The Night With

• Artist:Clannad