B’fhearr liom réal beag, song / Ann Gillespie, singing in Irish
| ITMA Reference | 55084 |
| Creator | Gillespie, Ann, singing in Irish |
| Contributor | Shields, Hugh, collector |
| Date | 21 September 1968 |
| Location | John Gillespie’s house, Doonalt, Glencolumkille, Co Donegal |
| Type | Sound |
| Extent | 1 computer file (MP3 file, 38 sec.) : digital, stereo |
| Collection | Hugh Shields Collection |
| Subject | Ireland: Singing in Irish |
| Language | Irish |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Copyright | Performers, Hugh Shields |
| Source | 1037-ITMA-REEL [HS 6835] |
| Roud Number | 1116 |
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B’fhearr liom réal beag
Réal beag deas
B’fhearr liom réal beag
Ná rud a bhíos sa domhan
Chaith mé réal beag
Réal beag deas
Agus thug mé réal
Abhaile chuig mo mhnaoi.
B’fhearr liom pingin amháin
Pingin amháin deas
B’fhearr liom pingin amháin
Ná rud a bhíos sa domhan
Chaith mé pingin amháin
Pingin eile leis
Agus thug mé pingin amháin
Abhaile chuig mo mhnaoi.
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“I like better a little sixpence, A nice little sixpence … than anything in the world. I spent a little sixpence, A nice little sixpence And I took sixpence home to my wife.” Air, cf. “The bride stolen by the fairies” ['Saturday Night is Halloween Night'] from this collection. Irish version of the English rhyme “I love sixpence.”
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