Lanigan's Ball lyrics
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Artist: Enter The Haggis Album: Live!
Lyrics
In the town of athy one jeremy lanigan Battered away 'til he hadn't a pound His father he died and made him a man again Left him a farm and ten acres of ground He threw a grand party to friends and relations Who didn't desert him when it comes to the will And if you'll but listen I'll make your eyes glisten And spin you a tale of lanigan's ball
Six whole months I spent in dublin Six whole months doing nothing at all Six whole months I spent in dublin Learning to dance for lanigan's ball I stepped out and he stepped in again He stepped out and I stepped in again I stepped out and he stepped in again Learning to dance to lanigan's ball
Myself to be sure got free invitation For all the nice girls and boys I might ask And just in a minute both friends and relations Were dancing as merry as bees 'round a cask There were lashings of punch and wine for the ladies Potatoes and cakes; there was bacon and tea There were the nolans, dolans, o'gradys Courting the girls and dancing away
Six whole months I spent in dublin Six whole months doing nothing at all Six whole months I spent in dublin Learning to dance for lanigan's ball I stepped out and he stepped in again He stepped out and I stepped in again I stepped out and he stepped in again Learning to dance to lanigan's ball
They were doing all kinds of nonsensical polkas Around the room in a whirligig But julia and i, we banished their nonsense And gave them a taste of a real irish jig Oh, how the girls got all mad at me Danced 'til we thought that the ceiling would fall For I spent three weeks at brooks' academy Learning new steps for lanigan's ball
Six whole months I spent in dublin Six whole months doing nothing at all Six whole months I spent in dublin Learning to dance for lanigan's ball I stepped out and he stepped in again He stepped out and I stepped in again I stepped out and he stepped in again Learning to dance to lanigan's ball!
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