[ilingku:067]
[ver:v1.0]
[ti:Continental Ceili]
[ar:Christy Moore]
[al:Ordinary Man]
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[00:01.730]Over in McCann's there's a grand type of danceband
[00:04.080]A-playing and they're spinnin' out the Continental Ceili
[00:07.510]They're comin' in their cars from the bars over in Leitir and Killane just to hear the famous Gunther Reynolds playing
[00:13.520]Out the Star of Munster with Hans O'Donoghue
[00:15.580]Neatly tappin' out a tango on the spoons
[00:18.130]Such commotion will act like a lotion on the struttin'
[00:20.940]At the Continental Ceili tonight
[00:24.440]Wolfgang's playing on the comb someone shouts at him go home
[00:27.500]Klaus is playin' a slow air on the bodhrán
[00:30.430]Quinn from Corofin his fiddle tucked beneath his chin
[00:32.800]Ssh He's going to play the Bucks of Oranmore now
[00:35.230]And an old-fashioned lady begins to sing a song
[00:37.850]Ah Lads a bit of order over there
[00:40.100]Clarinbridge for the chowder keep your powder dry
[00:42.600]For the Continental Ceili tonight
[00:46.030]Ciar an closing his eyes pretends he's in disguise
[00:49.020]When he sees and old flame comin' over
[00:52.390]He's singing for the Swedes in their tweeds doin all he can to please the night's at such a delicate stage
[00:57.940]Later on he'll give an audience to one of them or two
[01:00.750]He'll sing the the Dyin' Swan to touch their feelings
[01:03.190]Tonight's his night and tomorrow night will be just the same
[01:07.620]Ada let me out to the bar where the boys are goin' far
[01:10.930]And they're spinnin' out the Continental Ceili
[01:13.360]Never mind the liquor the music's in my soul
[01:15.730]So long as I can hear the band a-playin'
[01:18.300]The pipes and the flutes and the fiddles are in tune
[01:21.040]Whoo I'd love to meet a European girl
[01:23.290]Ada now me head is goin' light and the band is playin' tight
[01:26.040]At the Continental Ceili tonight
[01:29.600]All the publicans are there 'tis like a hirin' fair
[01:32.090]Tryin' to figure out how much McCann is makin'
[01:35.460]To keep their pubs outta Stubbs they're lashin' out big subs
[01:38.460]In a burst of fierce anticipation
[01:41.900]Moguls from Muckhill are starin' at the till
[01:44.890]Tryin' to get the lowdown on the line-up
[01:47.330]They'll be buyin' free porter for the members of the band
[01:50.070]At the Continental ceili tonight
[01:53.380]Over in McCann's there's a grand type of danceband
[01:55.440]A-playing and they're spinnin' out the Continental Ceili
[01:58.560]They're comin' in their cars from the bars over in Leitir and Killane just to hear the famous Gunther Reynolds playing
[02:04.690]Out the Star of Munster with Hans O'Donoghue
[02:06.690]Neatly tappin' out a tango on the spoons
[02:08.870]Such commotion will act like a lotion on the struttin'
[02:11.680]At the Continental Ceili tonight
[02:38.890]Over in McCann's there's a grand type of danceband
[02:41.140]A-playing and they're spinnin' out the Continental Ceili
[02:44.200]They're comin' in their cars from the bars over in Leitir and Killane just to hear the famous Gunther Reynolds playing
[02:49.810]Out the Star of Munster with Hans O'Donoghue
[02:52.060]Neatly tappin' out a tango on the spoons
[02:54.300]Such commotion will act like a lotion on the struttin'
[02:57.050]At the Continental Ceili tonight
[02:59.480]At the Continental Ceili tonight