Lyrics:

A 'n?on mh?n ?, sin anall na fir sh?ir?
A mh?ithairin mh?n ?, cuir na roithl?an go dt? m?

[Curf?:]
D?lam?n na binne bu?, d?lam?n Gaelach
D?lam?n na farraige, be'fhearr a bh? in ?irinn

T? ceann bu? ?ir are an d?lam?n gaelach
T? dh? chluais mhaol are an d?lam?n maorach

Br?ga breaca dubha are an d?lam?n gaelach
T? bear?ad agus tri?s are an d?lam?n maorach

[Curf? 2x]

G?ide a thug na t?re th?? arsa an d?lam?n gaelach
Ag s?ir? le do n?on, arsa an d?lam?n maorach

Rachaimid chun Ni?ir leis an d?lam?n gaelach
Ceann?imid br?ga daora are an d?lam?n maorach

[Curf?]

? chuir m? sc?ala chuici, go gceann?inn c?or d?
'S?'n sc?al a chuir s? chugam, go raibh a ceann c?ortha

[Curf?]

Cha bhfaigheann t? mo 'n?on, arsa an d?lam?n gaelach
Bheul, fuad?idh m? liom ?, arsa an d?lam?n maorach

D?lam?n na binne bu?, d?lam?n Gaelach

[Curf?]

D?lam?n na binne bu?, d?lam?n Gaelach
D?lam?n na farraige, be'fhearr a bh?, be'fhearr a bh?
D?lam?n na binne bu?, d?lam?n Gaelach
D?lam?n na farraige, be'fhearr a bh?, be'fhearr a bh?
Be'fhearr a bh? in ?irinn

[English translation:]

Oh gentle daughter, here come the wooing men
Oh gentle mother, put the wheels in motion for me

[Chorus:]
Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed
Seaweed from the ocean, the best in all of Ireland

There is a yellow gold head on the Gaelic seaweed
There are two blunt ears on the stately seaweed
The Irish seaweed has beautiful black shoes
The stately seaweed has a beret and trousers

[Chorus 2x]


'What are you doing here?
' says the Irish seaweed

'At courting with your daughter,
' says the stately seaweed

I would go to Ni?ir with the Irish seaweed

'I would buy expensive shoes,
' said the Irish seaweed

[Chorus]

I spent time telling her the story that I would buy a comb for her
The story she told back to me, that she is well-groomed


'Oh where are you taking my daughter?
' says the Irish seaweed

'Well, I'd take her with me,
' says the stately seaweed

Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed

[Chorus]

Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed
Seaweed from the ocean, the best, the best
Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed
Seaweed from the ocean, the best, the best
The best in all of Ireland