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How do you properly pronounce this?

Anyone care to a stab at how to pronounce this by spelling it out phonetically?
From the song The Limerick Rake

"Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se"

Oh and uh, what does it mean?

# Posted on December 10th 2009 by Fishmonger

Re: How do you properly pronounce this?

Means- "and we will leave things as they are" or "the less said the better"
Pronounced- ah-gus fawg-a-meed shoo-d mor a-thaw shea

# Posted on December 10th 2009 by fiddlecase

Re: How do you properly pronounce this?

ah-gus fy-a-mid shoe-ed morr a-taw shay

"And we'll find out then how it is"

Are you testing us?

# Posted on December 10th 2009 by SteelPlayer

Re: How do you properly pronounce this?

oops sorry, mis-read the verb.

Yes, it's "and we'll leave it then as it is".

Why do you want to know?

# Posted on December 10th 2009 by SteelPlayer

Re: How do you properly pronounce this?

"Why do you want to know?"

Just so I know what it means in case anyone asks when I decide to torture their ears with my singing voice. :-)

# Posted on December 10th 2009 by Fishmonger

Re: How do you properly pronounce this?

Oh and thank you fiddlecase and Steel Player.

# Posted on December 10th 2009 by Fishmonger

Re: How do you properly pronounce this?

I asked Joe Heaney the same question, many, many years ago, and his answer was "we'll say no more about it".

# Posted on December 10th 2009 by oldstrings

Re: How do you properly pronounce this?

Listen to Andy Irvine singing it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLP92-enW6Q

About 2 mins 50 in..

# Posted on December 11th 2009 by pharring