The version I heard, from my father, who heard if from his grandfather in Donegal, Ireland goes like this: THE WEDDING OF LARRY MCGRATH Chorus Dammit, it was a terrible tear Me and herself and her mother were there I may get mixed up in the wheels of a train If ever I go to a wedding again The first one to sing was a Mickey O'Hara Who gave us a verse of the tar-a-rar-rara Poor Mickey's remains were wheeled home in a barra (wheelbarrow) The night of the wedding of Larry McGrath Chorus The next one to sing was an ould Jenny Russel And she couln't sing so she started to whustle (whistle) Then somebody hit her a kick in the bustle The night of the wedding of Larry McGrath Chorus All of a sudden big Seamus McGinty With several bakers he kicked up a shindy He lifted the poker and killed about twenty The night of the wedding of Larry McGrath Chorus I never heard any other verses, but that doesn't mean that my great-grandfather never sang them. I might swipe a few from the postings here.
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