Síle Na Gcíoch (sheila) Lyrics

Síle I brought you a dress

I found on the side of the road

and though I know you're deservin' of the best

it's all I could be bringin' ya on my own

and Síle this dark and flowered dress

I washed it out by hand till the flowers shone

reminding me of how you stand out from the rest

your smiling eyes in these darkened days we've known



(chorus:)

chuir sí uirthi é (she put it on)

chuir sí uirthi é (she put it on)

an gúna dubh 's bláthanna (the dark and flowered dress)

chuir sí uirthi é (she put it on)



Síle you're young and in your prime

and me my hair's already turnin' gray

and oh how the tongues will go clickety-clack in time

how the dogs will bark when the caravan's on its way

and Síle in spite of all of this

in the mist behind of Jimmy Long's house

my memory does linger long on a kiss

till this moon ran away behind the clouds



(repeat chorus)



Síle not to frighten you away

but there are crosses by the side of the road

where many a traveler has met up with his fate

and mine will be no different I know

and Síle a traveler you would be

if this dark and flowered dress you would wear

but though your heart be broken, though the priests turn you away

I could love you well if you would only dare



(repeat chorus)