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Tonight we're going to meet some ladsUs girls are dressed up gailyWe'll all be dancing 'til the dawnWe're going to the CéiliThe lads they come from miles aroundFrom Ennis and KilmaleyTo show us all their fancy stepsWe're going to the CéiliThey're planning tunes on everything From pipes to ukuleleIt sounds so good you can't sit downWe're dancing at the CéiliAll the boys we loved so wellSo handsome young and charmingThey're in New York and Boston nowThey should be home here farmingMy own true love has sailed away To be an endless rover'Cos times are tough and he must leaveTo start a new life overHe writes me letters every week To say how much he's slavingSongtexteAnd he promises that he'll be backBefore the hay needs savingBut it's hard to love somebodyThat you're not in touch with dailySo I'm looking for somebody new Tonight down at the CéiliThe winter nights are long and hardAnd time goes by so slowlyI wish my true lover he was hereAnd in his arms I'd rollHe'd whisper tender words of love to meAnd kiss my lips so sweetly And quickly I'd surrender to his manly charms completelyHe writes me letters every week To say how much he's slavingAnd he promises that he'll be backBefore the hay needs savingBut it's hard to love somebodyThat you're not in touch with dailySo I'm looking for somebody new Tonight down at the CéiliI hope I meet someone tonightWho'll make my heart beat fastA handsome man with laughing eyesWho smiles as he walks pastAnd when they play an old-time waltzHe'll twirl me round the floorAnd promise me that I will be His girl forever moreHis girl forever moreHis girl forever moreWho'll promise me that I will beHis girl forever moreI'm somewhat in a botherThat is really quite alarmingI have two lads pursuing meAnd each of them is charmingOne of them is dark and poorOne fair with lots of moneyI don't know which one to chooseThe flower of the honeyWhat on earth am I to doIt's driving me half crazyTonight I'll make my mind upWhen I see them at the CéiliTo be a poor man's wifeWill be a life of washing dishesWhile a rich man's wife will surely have Great luxury and richesIn comfort how I knowIt wouldn't bee too hard to wallowAnd being poor is not much funOn which one should I followWhat on earth am I to doIt's driving me half crazyTonight I'll make my mind upWhen I see them at the CéiliI've been lucky I've found a lad Who's handsome and a neighbourAnd me, I've met a decent manWhose friendship I will savourAnd me I made my choice as wellAnd in no way was it aisyBut I'd rather have a man for loveThan be a rich man's ladyAnd that is how the story endsMay true love never fail meWe got ourselves three men tonightAnd we met them at the Céili Aus Songtexte Mania