[Verse 1]
Oh I was one day in Port Láirge (Waterford)
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There was wine and punch on a table there (clár = blank of timber)
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There was a housefull of women there
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And I drinking to their health
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[Verse 2]
A woman from Rath escaped with me
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And three from Tiobráid d'Árainn
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Their families weren’t happy (satisfied)
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They werе only half happy (satisfied)
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[Verse 3]
And onе woman escaped from me with a weak/effeminate man
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And she wasn't very nice to me
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The three from Tiobráid d'Árainn
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They came back with me
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[Verse 4]
Oh I’ll leave Carraig (place name) tomorrow
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And I'll bring a fine girl with me
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We will go through the small gap together
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North to Tiobráid d'Árainn
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