The Makem & Spain Brothers: The Tradition Continues

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BALLYNURE BALLAD

As I was going to Ballynure, a day I well remember
To see the lads and lassies on the fifth day of December
With a my ring-doo-a-day, with a my ring-a-doo-a daddy o

As I was going along the road, as onward I was walking
I heard a wee lad behind the ditch-a to his wee lass was talking
With a my ring-doo-a-day, with a my ring-a-doo-a daddy o

Says this wee lad to this wee lass "It's will you let me kiss ye
For it's you have got the cordial eye that far exceeds the whiskey"
With a my ring-doo-a-day, with a my ring-a-doo-a daddy o

"This cordial that you talk about, there's very few o' them gets it
For it's only them with muslin gowns and crooked combs that catch it"
With a my ring-doo-a-day, with a my ring-a-doo-a daddy o