WIDOW CLANCY'S PARTY Jim O'Neil & Jack Conroy, 1880.
1. How are yous one and all? Sure we tho't we'd make a call And tell you all about the widow's party. 'Twas at Pythagoras Hall We gave a breakdown ball And invited all the young fellows gay and hearty. There was handsome Paddy Grace. Sure he's now on the police. He was put there by a political party. He came from County Cork To the city of New York. He jok'd and sang and made us laugh so hearty.
CHORUS: Ah, the charming Widow Clancy, She was any man's fancy. She was a fluent talker And a rattling six-day walker; And a Venus is the charming Widow Clancy.
2. McGinn sang "Pinafore" Till his throat was very sore, And "Little Dundeen" sang by Smith so sweetly. Crosby sang a little ditty; The girls all call'd him witty; And McGuffin done an Irish jig so neatly. Flynn sang "Dancing on the Green," Also "She's a Fairy Queen." Flood sang "Hold the Fort, for We're the Strongest Party." And Murphy and Tim Lang Done "The Lackawanna Gang" Down at the charming Widow Clancy's Party.
3. As it was growing late, Sure we tho't 'twas time to ate. We went in two by twos down to the supper. We were hardly seated right When there was a fearful fight, For McGinnis swore the whiskey was all water. All around 'twas hand to hand, And they nearly kill'd the band, When in step'd the famous boxer Mike McCarty. He swore by pow'rs above That he'd just put on the gloves And clear out ev'ry sucker in the party.