Learning a step for Lanigan’s ball).

The boys were all merry, the girls were all hearty,

Dancin’ around in couples and groups,

When an accident happened—young Terence McCarthy

He dhruv his right foot through Miss Halloran’s hoops.

The creature she fainted, and cried “Millia murther!”

She called for her friends and gathered them all;

Ned Carmody swore he’d not stir a step further,

But have satisfaction at Lanigan’s ball.

In the midst of the row Miss Kerrigan fainted—