Lannigan's Ball Songtext
von Waxies Dargle

The town of Athy, one Jeremy Lannigan
Put it away ′til he hadn't a shilling
His father died, he made him a man again
Left him a farm and ten acres of ground
He gave a grand party to friends and relations
Who would not forget him when come to the wail
If you′d only listen, I'd make your eyes glisten
The rows and ructions at Lannigan's ball
We set the big sugar hats invitations
For all the nice boys and girls that I′d ask
In less than a minute, the friends and relations
Are dancing as merry as bees ′round the cask
Well, ash was the punch and wine for the ladies
Potatoes, cakes, there was bacon and tay
Well, there were the Nolans, the Dolans, O'Keehys
Courting the girls and dancing away
They were doing all kinds of nonsensical polkas
′Round the room and a whirligig
Well, Julie and I soon banished the nonsense
And tipped them a twist of a real Irish jig


The girl, she really got mad at me
"Dance 'til you think all the ceilings would fall!"
For I spent three weeks at Brooks Academy
Learning to dance for Lannigan′s ball
Six long months I spent in Dublin
Six long months doing nothing at all
Six long months I spent in Dublin
Learning to dance for Lannigan's ball
And I stepped out, and I stepped in again
I stepped out, and I stepped in again
Well, I stepped out, and I stepped in again
Learning to dance for Lannigan′s ball
The boys all merry, the girls all hearty
Dancing around in couples and groups
An accident happened, young Terence McCarthy
He put his right leg through Miss Flaherty's hoops
The creach, she fainted and cried "Me love, murder!"
And called for her brothers and gathered them all
Well, Carmody swore that he'd go no further
′Til he′d satisfaction at Lannigan's ball
Six long months I spent in Dublin
Six long months doing nothing at all
Six long months I spent in Dublin
Learning to dance for Lannigan′s ball
And I stepped out, and I stepped in again
I stepped out, and I stepped in again
I stepped out, and I stepped in again
Learning to dance for Lannigan's ball
Boys, oh boys, ′til there was ructions
We soon got a kick from young Phelim McHugh
And I soon replied to his kind introduction
And kicked up a terrible hullabaloo
The face of the piper was near to being strangled
They squeezed up his pipes, bellows, chanters, and all
And the girls in their ribbons, they all got entangled
And that put an end to Lannigan's ball
Six long months I spent in Dublin
Six long months doing nothing at all
Six long months I spent in Dublin
Learning to dance for Lannigan′s ball
And I stepped out, and I stepped in again
And I stepped out, and I stepped in again
I stepped out, and I stepped in again
While learning to dance for Lannigan's ball