Enter The Haggis - Lanigan's Ball lyrics

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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!