enter the haggis – lanigan’s ball 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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