The Charladies Ball
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1. You may talk of you outing, your picnics and parties,
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you
dinners, your dances, your hoolies and all,
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but
wait 'till I tell you of the gas that we had
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on
the night that we danced at the Charladies Ball.
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I went there as Queen Anne and
I went with me man,
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he
was dressed as a monkey locked up in a cage.
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There was
pirates and pirots and hottentots
and whatnots,
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and
stars you might see on the music hall stage.
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At the charladies ball, people said one and
all,
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you're the belle of the ball, Mrs.
Mulligan.
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We had one steps and two steps and the devil knows what new steps,
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we swore that we never would be
done again, be done.
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We had wine, Porter and Jamesons,
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we had cocktails and cocoa and
all,
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we had champagne that night but
we'd real pain next morning
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the night that we danced at the
Charladies Ball.
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2. There was cowboys and Indians that came from
Drumcondra,
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sweet
Frances Street fairies all diamond and stars.
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There was one of the Rooneys as the clock over Mooneys,
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and a
telegram boy with a message from Mars.
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Mary Moore from the Lots was
the Queen of the Scots,
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with
a crown out of Woolworths perched up on her dom.
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There was young Jimmy
Whitehouse, came dressed as a lighthouse,
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and a
Camden St. Garbo that should have stayed home.
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At the charladies ball, people said one and
all,
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you're the belle of the ball, Mrs.
Mulligan.
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We had one steps and two steps and the devil knows what new steps,
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we swore that we never would be
done again, be done.
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There was wine, Porter and Jamesons,
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there was cocktails and cocoa and
all,
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we had rumbas and tangos, half
sets and fandangos,
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the night that we danced at the
Charladies Ball
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3. Mary Ellen O'Rourke was the Queen of the dawn,
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by
one thirty she looked like a real dirty night.
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Mickey Farren,
the bester, came dressed as a jester,
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he
burst his balloon and dropped dead at the fright
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Kevin Barr came as Bovril
stops that sinking feeling,
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astride
of a bottle, pyjamas and all,
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but
he bumped into Faust, who was gloriously soused,
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and
the two of them sunk to the end of the hall.
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At the charladies ball, people said one and
all,
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you're the belle of the ball, Mrs.
Mulligan.
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We had one steps and two steps and the devil knows what new steps,
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we swore that we never would be
done again, be done.
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There was wine, Porter and Jamesons,
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there was cocktails and cocoa and
all,
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we'd a real standup
fight, but we fell down to supper,
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the night that we danced at the
Charladies Ball.
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At the charladies ball, people said one and
all,
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you're the belle of the ball, Mrs.
Mulligan.
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We had one steps and two steps and the devil knows what new steps,
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we swore that we never would be
done again, be done.
G Em Am - D
There was wine, Porter and Jamesons,
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there was cocktails and cocoa and
all,
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we had champagne that night but
we'd real pain next morning
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the night that we danced at the
Charladies Ball.
(midi = capo 2nd) (Michael Shay & Martin
Black)