[Though he looks like he wants to respond, Geordie doesn't stop singing. Especially when she joins in with the guitar.]
He gave a grand party to friends and relations Who did not forget him when come to the wall If you'd only listen, I'll make your eyes glisten At the rows and ructions of Lanigan's Ball
Myself to be sure got free invitations For all the nice girls and boys I might ask In less than a minute both friends and relations We're dancing as merry as bees round a cask
Lashing of punch and wine for the ladies Potatoes, cakes, there was bacon and tea There were the Nolans, Dolans, O'Gradys Courting the girls and dancing away
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 Lanigan's ball
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He gave a grand party to friends and relations
Who did not forget him when come to the wall
If you'd only listen, I'll make your eyes glisten
At the rows and ructions of Lanigan's Ball
Myself to be sure got free invitations
For all the nice girls and boys I might ask
In less than a minute both friends and relations
We're dancing as merry as bees round a cask
Lashing of punch and wine for the ladies
Potatoes, cakes, there was bacon and tea
There were the Nolans, Dolans, O'Gradys
Courting the girls and dancing away
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 Lanigan's ball