29 Oct 00 - 07:08 AM (#329668) Subject: The Ragman's Ball From: GUEST,Vash the Bodhranai Hello folks, I'm after some lyrics for a song called The Ragman's Ball. I have a recording of it by The Dubliners, just can't make out all the words. Any assistance would be appreciated, thanks. ~Vash bodhranai@hotmail.com |
29 Oct 00 - 08:43 AM (#329698) Subject: Lyr Add: THE RAGMAN'S BALL (Traditional) From: wildlone Found lyric on this site
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Come listen to me for a while
Well the names were called at seven o'clock
Then up jumps Humpy Soodelum
Then we all sat down to some ham parings
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29 Oct 00 - 01:32 PM (#329776) Subject: Lyr Add: THE NIGHT OF THE RAGMAN'S BALL (Trad.) From: Malcolm Douglas Colm O Lochlainn gives a more complete version in Irish Street Ballads; rather than repeat all the material Wildlone has already posted, I'll just indicate where those verses fit in the longer set, except for verses 5 and 4, where the Dubliners depart from O Lochlainn's text in respect of names (important, as it appears that these were all real people!):
THE NIGHT OF THE RAGMAN'S BALL
(First three verses.)
Then we all sat down to some fish and chips, and every man was there,
Says my one, "You're a quare one, and Billy, you're hard to beat,"
Just to make the thing a swell affair, we all brought friends a few,
To keep the house alive, my boys, we brought some music, too,
Well, for eating we had plenty, as much as we could hold,
(Final verse.) |
06 Mar 13 - 05:45 PM (#3487241) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Ragman's Ball From: MartinRyan Refresh |