“Limerick Race” (lyrics from Traditional Music)
I’m a simple Irish lass, I’ve resolved to see some fun, sirs,
So to satisfy my mind, to Limerick town I come, sir;
Mother, what a perfect place, and what a charming city,
Where the boys are all so free, and the girls are all so pretty!
Musha ring a ding a da, ri too ral laddy, Oh!
Musha ring a ding a da, ri too ral laddy, Oh!
It was on the first of May, when I began me rambles,
When everything was there, both jaunting car and gambols;
I looked along the road, what was lined with smiling faces,
All driving off ding-a-dong to go and see the races.
Musha ring a ding a da, ri too ral laddy, Oh!
Musha ring a ding a da, ri too ral laddy, Oh!
So then I was resolved to go and see the race, sir.
And on a coach and four neatly took my place, sir;
When a chap bawls out: ‘Behind I’ and the coachman dealt a blow, sir;
Faith he pit me just as fair as if his eyes were in his poll, sir.
Musha ring a ding a da, ri too ral laddy, Oh!
Musha ring a ding a da, a too ral laddy, Oh!