Nee caillinyn roie

Nee caillinyn roie myr mwaaee er ny sleityn (bis)
Dy beigns agh my scollag de leah harrin cloghey

Di-dal-dol deree diddle dero, deedle-dal-deree dee.

Gowee caillinyn arrane myr eanlee ayns ny thammagyn (bis)
Dy row mee my scollag harrin bwoailley ny thammagyn

Nee caillinyn blaaghey myr roseyn bwagh jiargey
Dy beigns agh my scollag raghyn giarey ny roseyn

Nee caillinyn snaue myr thunnag 'syn ushtey
Dy row mee my scollag harrin snaue geiyrt orroo

Nee caillinyn skelley myr druight er oarn appee
Dy beigns agh my scollag raghin rouail ayns ny magheryn

Traduction

If all the young girls were like hares on the mountain
How soon the young men would all go a-hunting

To my right fol-the-diddle dero, to my right fol-the-riddle dee.

If young girls they sang like birds in the bushes
How soon the young men would go beating those bushes

If all those young girls they flowered like roses
How soon the young men would go pruning the roses

If all those young girls were like ducks on the water
How soon the young men would dive in and swim after

If young girls they sparkled like dew on the barley
Young men would be there to gather dew early