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in the town of athy, one jeremy lanniganbattered away til he hadn't a poundhis father died and it made him a man againleft him a farm and ten acres of groundhe gave a grand ball to his friends and relationswho did not forget him when sent to the wallIf you'll only listen, I'll make your eyes glistenat the rows and the ructions of lannigan's ballsix long months I spent in dublinsix long months doing nothing at allsix long months I spent in dublinlearning to dance for lannigan's ballI stepped out and I stepped in againI stepped out again, I stepped in againI stepped out, I stepped in againlearning to dance for lannigan's ballMyself to be sure got a free invitationfor all the nice girls and boys that I'd askin less tha a minute the friends and relationswere dancing as merry as bees round the caskmiss o'hara the nice little millinertipp'd me a wink to give her a calland soon we arrived with timothy galliganjust in time for lannigan's ballchorusthey were doing all kind of nonsensical polkasall round the room in a near whirligigbut julia and me soon banish'd the nonsenseand tipp'd them a twist of a real irish jigOch Mavarone, 'twas she that was glad o' meand danced til you'd think the ould ceiling would fallFor I spent a whole fortnight at burke's academylarnin' a step for mr. lannigan's ballchorusthe boys were all merry the girls were all heartydancing away in couples and groupstil an accident happened, young terrence mccarthyPut his right leg on miss flaherty's hoopsthe creature she fainted -- roared milia murdercalled for her friends and gathered them allNed Carmody swore he'd go no furtherbut he'd have satisfaction at lannigan's ballchorusIn the midst of the row miss kerrigan faintedher cheeks all the while being red as the rosesome of the ladies declare she was paintedshe took a small drop too much I supposeher sweetheart, ned morgan, so powerful and able,when he saw his fair colleen stretched out by the wallhe tore the leg out from under the tableand smashed all the chaney (*china) at lanningan's ballchorusoh boys there was a ructionmyself got a kick from big phelim mccueBut I soon replied to this fine introductionand kicked up a terrible phillaboolooould casey the piper was near being strangledthey squeezed up his pipes bellows chanters and allthe girls in their ribbons were all entangledand that put an end to lannigan's ball

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