Songtexte The Fluter's Ball - Cleo Laine feat. James Galway & John Dankworth

Have you heard of Phil the Fluter from the town of Ballymuck
Whenever he was down and out and didn't have no luck
He would circulate a notice to his neighbours one and all
As to how he'd like some company that evening at a ball
And when writing out he was careful to suggest to them
That if they found a hat a bit sconvenient to the jaw
The more they put in whenever he requested them
The better would the music be for battering the floor
With a toot on the flute and a twiddle on the fiddle-oh
Hopping in the middle like a herring on the griddle-oh
Up down hands around cross into the wall
Oh wasn't it the gaiety at Phil the Fluter's ball
So little Mickey Mulligan got up to show them how
And then the widow Cafferty sets out and takes a bow
"I can dance you off your legs" says she "as sure as you were born
If you'll only make the piper play the hare is in the corn"
So Phil plays up to the best of his ability
The ladies and the gentlemen begin to do their share
While young Mick was a-prancing with agility
Decrepit Mrs. Cafferty was leaping like a hare
With a toot on the flute and a twiddle on the fiddle-oh
Hopping in the middle like a herring on the griddle-oh
Up down hands around cross into the wall
Oh wasn't it the gaiety at Phil the Fluter's ball
Then Phil the Fluter tipped a wink to little Crooked Pat
"I think it's nearly time" says he "for passing round the hat"
So Pat he did the necessary looking mighty cute
Says "you've got to pay the piper when he tootles on the flute"
Then all joined in with the greatest joviality
Covering the buckle and the shuffle and the tramp
Jigs were danced of the very finest quality
The widow found a husband and the fluter found a rent
With a toot on the flute and a twiddle on the fiddle-oh
Hopping in the middle like a herring on the griddle-oh
Up down hands around cross into the wall
Oh wasn't it the gaiety at Phil the Fluter's ball