Do Bhios-sa Lá I bPort Láirge

One fine day in Waterford
This is a traditional Irish song arranged by Na Casaidigh (The Cassidys). It appears on their 1998 album Singing From more...

This is a traditional Irish song arranged by Na Casaidigh (The Cassidys). It appears on their 1998 album Singing From Memory.

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Irish

Ó do bhíos-sa lá 'bPort Láirge
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
Bhí fíon is puins ar chlár ann
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
Bhí lán an tí de mhnáibh ann
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
Agus mise ag ól a sláinte
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom

Agus d'éalaigh bean ón ráth liom
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
Agus triúr ó Thiobraid Árann
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
Ní raibh a muintir sásta
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
Ní rabhadar ná leathshásta
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom

Ó raghad don Charraig amárach
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
Agus tabharfad cailín breá dom
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
Raghamid tríd an mBearnán
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
d'Cuir fios ar shagart láithreach
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom

Ó do bhíos-sa lá 'bPort Láirge
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
Bhí fíon is puins ar chlár ann
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
Bhí lán an tí de mhnáibh ann
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
Agus mise ag ól a sláinte
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom

English

One fine day in Waterford
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
There was wine and punch a-plenty
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
A house full of fine maidens
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
And I drinking to their health
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom

I eloped with a girl from Clare
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
And three from Tipperary
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
Their parents were not happy
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
No indeed, not one bit pleased
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom

I will go to Carrick tomorrow
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
With a maiden on my arm
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
And through the gap we'll travel
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
Get a priest without delay
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom

One fine day in Waterford
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
There was wine and punch a-plenty
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
A house full of fine maidens
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom
And I drinking to their health
Fol dú, fal dí, fal de didle dom

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