Lanigan's Ball Lyrics - Enter The Haggis

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!