Collection of Irish Song Lyrics
Reel of the Flickering Light
I was walkin' home one evenin'
I know this takes some believin'
I met a group of creatures
with the strangest lookin' features
A poor ould dog and a worm and a weed
and a fine ould pidgeon yes indeed
Daddy longlegs jumped up sprite
and danced a reel
of the flickering light
Round we go, heel to the toe
Daddy longlegs jumped up sprite
and danced in a reel
of the flickering light
On his thin and wispy spindles
he was deft and he was nimble,
His eyes were scientific
and his dancin' was terrific.
The rats and the worms they made a din and the nettles in the corner took it in,
"Oh God" sez I,"tonight's the night we'll dance to the reel in the flickering light!"
round we go, heel to the toe
"Oh God" sez I,"tonight's the night we'll dance to the reel in the flickering light!"
Then he looked at me directly
with two eyes that could dissect me,
And he asked me in a whisper
"Have you got any sisters?"
"Good God Almighty' sez I to him
What sort of a man do you think I am?
I've only one and she's not your type, she wouldn't dance a reel in the flickering light!"
Round we go, heel to the toe
"I've only one and she's not your type, she wouldn't dance a reel in the flickering light!"
Says he
"Does she come from another planet? Does she have a bee in her bonnet?
Does she do her daily duties? You never know we might be suited."
And the rats and the worms began to laugh and some of them started shufflin' off.
We're goin' to have some fun tonight gettin' ready for the reel in the flickering light.
Round we go, heel to the toe
We're goin' to have some fun tonight gettin' ready for the reel in the flickering light.
I could see he had no scruples
when I looked into his pupils,
They were purple or magenta like a statue during Lent.
"I'll go and get her right away"
"Good man" says he,"now don't delay,
We're goin' to have some fun tonight." Then he flipped his legs in the flickering light.
Round we go, heel to the toe
We're goin' to have some fun tonight." Then he flipped his legs in the flickering light.
Then up stepped a red carnation
and they gave her an ovation.
She was warm and enchantin'
as she slowly started dancin'.
And the bright auld pigeon
peeld his eye
and the nettles and the weeds
began to sigh,
Daddy Longlegs said "My, oh my, are we ready for the reel in the flickering light?"
Round we go, heel to the toe
Daddy Longlegs said "My, oh my,
are we ready for the reel in the flickering light?"
She was gentle, she was charmin'
and I heard him call her Darlin'.
He was graceful as a whisper on his delicate legs of silver.
And the rats and the worms
were still as mice
and the poor auld pigeon
said "that's nice"
A shimmering veil of a lovely bride
and they danced to the reel in the flickering light.
Round we go, heel to the toe
A shimmering veil of a lovely bride
and they danced to the reel in the flickering light.
