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Thread #68767   Message #1233839
Posted By: Jim Dixon
26-Jul-04 - 06:38 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Irish songs about balls, wakes, soirees
Subject: Lyr Add: MULDOON'S PICNIC PARTY (C. R. Dockstader)
From The Library of Congress American Memory Collection -

MULDOON'S PICNIC PARTY
C. R. Dockstader, 1882.

1. One week ago this very day a man of noble station
Was kind enough to write and send us all an invitation
To join him and his family, McCormick and McCarthy,
And pass the day in great display at Muldoon's picnic party.

CHORUS: May and Tessie, Nell and Jessie, Kate and Mary Ryan,
Blue-eyed Josie, pretty Rosie, Mister Dan O'Brien,
Mulcahy and his family, McCue and old McCarty,
Will dance upon the green today at Muldoon's picnic party.

2. Muldoon will bring the donkey and the little old green cart.
The donkey and Mulcahy in a three-mile race will start.
We'll waltz and dance the racquet, Tim McCormick and McCarthy,
We'll hang Mulcahy on the fence at Muldoon's picnic party.