From The Library of Congress American Memory Collection

MISS MALONY'S BALL
J. P. Skelly, 1876

1. Malony was a tinker and he lived in Dublin town.
As a singer and a dancer he was known for miles around.
He had a daughter Judy and he asked me for to call.
"There's going to be some fun," says he, "at Miss Malony's ball."
And there we had such great delight
With now and then a jolly fight.
Such ructions and destructions, faith, it was a sight to see.
The Flanagans and Fogartys were there to join the spree.
Oh the punches and the lunches! Sure they never stopped at all.
I thought the house would tumble down at Miss Malony's ball.

2. I dressed up like a daisy and I took my little stick,
And up to ould Malony's home, I traveled mighty quick.
I met some girls upon the road and in with them did fall.
They came to exercise themselves at Miss Malony's ball.
Young Rooney with his impudence
Attempted to advance
And ask the sweet Miss Flanagan to join him in the dance.
Sure then I got excited and I knocked him through the wall.
They brought him home with broken bone from Miss Malony's ball.
They brought him home with broken bone from Miss Malony's ball.

3. Mulcahy got so tipsy, he went sprawling on the floor,
And when we got him to his feet, he tumbled through the door.
He shouted "melia murther" and the girls began to squall,
Which brought the neighbors running in to Miss Malony's ball.
[There seems to be something missing here.]
The whiskey made us lively and the dust began to fly.
Malony's daughter fainted and we thought she'd surely die.
We picked her up and brought her to when loudly she did call,
"Long life to all the decent boys!" at Miss Malony's ball.