“Portlairge”

Description

Irish Gaelic: The singer stops in Waterford for drinks and at "the full house of women there." He is visited by four women and will take a girl with him to Carrick in the morning.

Notes

The description is based on the cover notes to IRClancyMakem01 by Patrick Clancy. "Portlairge" is one of the songs his grandmother learned at her pub. - BS

Recordings

• The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, "Portlairge" (on IRClancyMakem01)