Boys, oh boys, tis there was ructions Myself got a kick from big Phelim McHugh And I soon replied to his kind introduction And kicked him a terrible hullabaloo Casey the piper was nearly 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 Lanigan'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 Lanigan's ball
And I stepped out - and I stepped in again Learning to dance for Lanigan's ball ...
[She plays the chords of the refrain through once, and then stops.]
We should play together one day. Where's your fiddle, Geordie Riddell?
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Boys, oh boys, tis there was ructions
Myself got a kick from big Phelim McHugh
And I soon replied to his kind introduction
And kicked him a terrible hullabaloo
Casey the piper was nearly 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 Lanigan'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 Lanigan's ball
And I stepped out - and I stepped in again
Learning to dance for Lanigan's ball ...
[She plays the chords of the refrain through once, and then stops.]
We should play together one day. Where's your fiddle, Geordie Riddell?