We raise a glass to friendship
and drink it to the last
we make a toast and a dozens boasts
about our noble pasts
about our noble pasts
Let’s say it again before we go
Let’s play it again before we go
Let’s give it all another try
before we say our last goodbye
We celebrate our birthdays, and years of wedded bliss
we give each other flowers, and seal it with a kiss
and seal it with a kiss
Let’s say it again before we go
Let’s play it again before we go
Let’s give it all another try
before we say our sweet goodby
We make each other happy, we make each other glad
we celebrate the good things, we set aside the bad
we set aside the bad
Let’s say it again before we go
Let’s play it again before we go
Let’s give it all another try
before we make this our goodby
We always love our mothers and listen to our dads
we want them to be happy and never make them mad
No! we never make them mad!
Let’s say it again before go
Let’s play it again before we go
Let’s give our hearts another try
before we think about goodbye
We said we would remember and never would forget
the time we had together the moment that we met
oh, that moment that we met
Let’s say it again before we go
Let’s play it again before we go
Let’s give it all another try
Before we even think goodby
We do it for our children for husbands and their wives
we work and play and celebrate the good things in our lives
all the good things in our lives
Let’s say it again before we go
Let’s play it again before we go
Let’s give it all another try
Before we say our last goodbye
We sing of things that matter of love and hate and lust
we dance because we want to and live because we must
yes, we live because we must!
Let’s say it again before we go
let’s play it again before we go
Let’s give it all another try
and never ever say goodbye
and never say goodbye
no, lets never ever say goodbye
lets never say goodbye
I wanted to see whether I, as a Latvian, could write an Irish drinking song. Renars Kaupers wrote some music for this, and in 2004 he performed it together with the post-modern Latvian folk group Iļģi at the 5th anniversary of the Latvian Institute. There is a video of this somewhere, but it was never performed again. (To my knowledge.)