| In the town of Athy one Jeremy Lanigan
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| Battered away till he hadn´t a pound
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| And his father died and made him a man again
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| Left him a farm and ten acres of ground
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| He gave a grand party to friends and relations
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| Who did not forget him when come to the wall
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| If you´d only listen, I´ll make your eyes glisten
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| At the rows and ructions of Lanigan´s ball
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| Myself to be sure to got free invitations
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| For all the nice girls and boys I might ask
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| In less than a minute both friends and relations
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| Were dancing as merry as bees round a cask
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| Lashing of punch and wine for the ladies
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| Potatoes, cakes, there was bacon and tea
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| There were the Nolans, Dolans, O´Grady´s
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| Courting the girls and dancing away
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| Six long months I spent in Dublin
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| Six long months doing nothing at all
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| Six long months I spent in Dublin
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| Learning to dance for Lanigan´s ball
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| They were doing all kinds of nonsensical polkas
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| Round the room in a whirly gig
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| But Julia and I soon banished their nonsense
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| And tipped them a twist of a real Irish jig
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| Oh how the girl she really got mad and me
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| Danced that you´d think that the ceiling would fall
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| For I spent three weeks at Brooks Academy
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| Learning to dance for Lanigan´s ball
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| Six long months I spent in Dublin
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| Six long months doing nothing at all
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| Six long months I spent in Dublin
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| Learning to dance for Lanigan´s ball
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| And I stepped out — and I stepped in again
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| And I stepped out — and I stepped in again
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| And I stepped out — and I stepped in again
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| Learning to dance for Lanigan´s ball
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| And I stepped out — and I stepped in again
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| And I stepped out — and I stepped in again
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| And I stepped out — and I stepped in again
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| Learning to dance for Lanigan´s ball
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| The boys were as merry, the girls all hearty
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| Dancing around in couples and groups
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| Till an accident happened, young Terence McCarthy
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| He put his right leg through Miss Finerty´s hoops
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| The creature she fainted and cried «Meelia Murther»
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| And called for her brothers and gathered them all
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| Carmody swore that he´d go no further
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| Till he’d satisfaction at Lanigan´s ball
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| Six long months I spent in Dublin
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| Six long months doing nothing at all
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| Six long months I spent in Dublin
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| Learning to dance for Lanigan´s ball
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| Six long months I spent in Dublin
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| Six long months doing nothing at all
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| Six long months I spent in Dublin
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| Learning to dance for Lanigan´s ball
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| Boys, oh boys, ´tis there was ructions
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| Myself got a kick from big Phelim McHugh
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| And I soon replied to his kind introduction
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| And kicked him a terrible hullabaloo
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| Casey the piper was nearly being strangled
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| They squeezed up his pipes, bellows, chanters and all
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| And the girls in their ribbons they all got entangled
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| And that put an end to Lanigan´s ball
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| Six long months I spent in Dublin
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| Six long months doing nothing at all
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| Six long months I spent in Dublin
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| Learning to dance for Lanigan´s ball
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| Six long months I spent in Dublin
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| Six long months doing nothing at all
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| Six long months I spent in Dublin
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| Learning to dance for Lanigan´s ball
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| And I stepped out — and I stepped in again
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| And I stepped out — and I stepped in again
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| And I stepped out — and I stepped in again
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| Learning to dance for Lanigan´s ball
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| And I stepped out — and I stepped in again
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| And I stepped out — and I stepped in again
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| And I stepped out — and I stepped in again
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| Learning to dance for Lanigan´s ball |