Phil the Fluter's Ball - Ruby Murray
Have you heard of phil the fluther
Of the town of ball muck
The times were going hard with him
In fact the man was broke
He just sent out a notice to his
Neighbors one an all
As to how he'd like their company
That evening at a ball
And when writing out he was careful
To suggest to them
If they found a hat of his
Convenient to the dure
The more they put in whenever
He requested them
The better would the music be
For battering the flute
With the toot of the flute
And the twiddle of the fiddle oh
Hopping in the middle like a
Herring on the griddle oh
Up down hands around
Crossing to the wall
Oh hadn't we the gaiety
At phil the fluther's ball
There was mister denis doherty
Who kept the running dog
There was little crooked
Paddy from the tiraloughett bog
There was boys from every
Barony and girls from every art
The beautiful miss brady's
In a private a** and cart
Along with them came bouncing mrs cafferty
Little micky mulligan was
Also to the fore
Rose suzanne and margaret o'rafferty
The flower of ardmagullion
And the pride of pethravore
With the toot of the flute
The twiddle of the fiddle oh
Hopping in the middle like a
Herring on the griddle oh
Up down hands around
Crossing to the wall
Oh hadn't we the gaiety at
Phil the fluther's ball
Then phil the fluther tipped
A wink to little crooked pat
I think it's nearly time sez
He for passing round the hat
So paddy passed the caubeen
Round and looking mighty cute
Since you've got to pay the
Piper when he toothers on the flute
All joined in wild the greatest joviality
Covering the buckle and the shuffle and the cut
Jigs were danced of the very finest quality
The wider bet the company at handling the fut
With the toot of the flute
The twiddle of the fiddle oh
Hopping in the middle like
A herring on the griddle oh
Up down hands around
Crossing to the wall
Oh hadn't we the gaiety at phil the fluther's ball
