The Library of Congress American Memory Collection:

REGAN'S PARTY
Words and music by William Carroll, 1881.

1. It was over at old Regan's house we had a jolly time.
There was lots of fun and dancing too. I tell you it was fine.
Oh, the boys and girls enjoyed themselves, for they came far and near,
And all the lads assembled there to try old Regan's beer.
Old Regan he felt lively from the time,
And a happier man I don't think could be found.
He told us that the house was ours, to do just as we liked,
So then we had a drink of beer all round.

CHORUS: Oh, such singing and such dancing, 'pon my word 'twas really grand,
And the music sounded just as well as if it was a band.
While Murphy play'd the fiddle, they danc'd up and down the middle,
And we never left old Regan till the morn.

2. There was Mary Jones and Jerry Flynn got up to dance a jig,
Along with Michael Cronin's wife who look'd like Murphy's pig.
The floor they welted beautiful and went round hand in hand,
But Cronin's wife she danced so much that she could hardly stand.
Then James O'Brian he got up to sing a song,
But they did not seem to relish it one bit.
They yank'd him out so gently that he thought his time had come,
And the poor old fellow fell into a fit.

3. They danced away till daylight broke. The sun broke in the sky,
But McCarty's wife was so fatigued she thought she'd really die.
McGuinness he got overpower'd on wine and lager beer.
He felt so good he tried to do a pirouette on his ear,
And poor old Jerry Dolan was found sleeping
With a vice-like grip upon a china cup,
And when they danced the last quadrille, the fiddler fell asleep,
And that's what wound old Regan's party up.