Key: Bb minor
Intro 1
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In the town
Verse 1
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of Milton one
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Brian Flannigan battered away
till his money was spent
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Then he hit a big one and
felt like a man again,
Verse 2
Bought a three decker with two floors for rent
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He threw a big party for friends
A
And relations at a grand old
place called Florian Hall
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And if you'll just listen,
I'll make your eyes glisten
To the rows and the ructions
of Flannigan's ball
Verse 3
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A
Six long months I spent in quincy
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F#
Six long months doing nothing at all
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A
Six long months I spent in quincy
Bm
Learning to dance for Flannigan's ball
A
I stepped out and I stepped in again
Bm
F#
I stepped out and I
stepped in again
Bm
A
I stepped out and I
stepped in again
Bm
Learning to dance for
Flannigan's ball
A
Bm
Verse 4
Free beer on tap and wine for the ladies
A
Ziti and sauce for Mark Porzio
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There were faheys and
bradys
Mcauliffes and daleys courtin the girls
A
and dancing away
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Verse 5
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A
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Bri an tully sang out in his finest form
A
The patron's responded
and I lead 'em all
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I'd spent six months at
Forbes Academy
Learning to dance for Flannigan's ball
Verse 6
Bm
A
Six long months I spent in quincy
Bm
F#
Six long months doing nothing at all
Bm
A
Six long months I spent in quincy
Bm
Learning to dance for Flannigan's ball
A
I stepped out and I stepped in again
Bm
F#
I stepped out and I
stepped in again
Bm
A
I stepped out and I
stepped in again
Bm
Learning to dance for
Flannigan's ball
F#
F#m
Bm
Verse 7
A
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The boys were hammered
the girls were hearty
A
Dancing around in couples and groups
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An accident happened,
young Dennis Flemming
Put his right leg through miss
A
Finneran's hoops
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Verse 8
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This gal she fainted and
cried bloody murder
A
Called for her sons and
gathered them all
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Christopher swore he'd go no further
Verse 9
Till he had revenge at Flannigan's ball
Bm
A
Six long months I spent in quincy
Bm
F#
Six long months doing nothing at all
Bm
A
Six long months I spent in quincy
Bm
Learning to dance for Flannigan's ball
A
I stepped out and I stepped in again
Bm
F#
I stepped out and I stepped in again
Bm
A
I stepped out and I
stepped in again
Bm
Learning to dance for
Flannigan's ball
F#m
Bm
Verse 10
F#m
Bm
In the midst of the melee
Miss Collins fainted her cheeks by
now were as red as a rose
Some of the boys declared
she was plastered
Had a small drop too much I suppose
Verse 11
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Young Scotty Jenkins so big and able
A
Saw his fair colleen
stretched by the wall
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Tore the left leg from under the table
And smashed all the dishes at Flannigan's
Interlude 1
ball
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Verse 12
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Boy, oh, boy, now this was a rumble
A
Myself took a lick from
mean Ricky Green
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But I soon replied
to that fine introduction
And gave him a terrible
kick in the spleen
Verse 13
Bm
Talent the piper nearly got strangled
A
They squeezed on his bellows,
chanters and all
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The girls in the middle
nearly got trampled
And that put an end to Flannigan's ball
Verse 14
Bm
A
Six long months I spent in quincy
Bm
F#
Six long months doing nothing at all
Bm
A
Six long months I spent in quincy
Bm
Learning to dance for Flannigan's ball
A
I stepped out and I stepped in again
Bm
F#
I stepped out and I stepped in again
Bm
A
I stepped out and I
stepped in again
Bm
Learning to dance for Flannigan's ball
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