Dancin Romancin © Tony Fallon.042517

Dancin Romancin © Tony Fallon.042517

You said that you would dance as I took your hand

You said you came over from the west of Ireland

I said with that accent you are not from Idaho

You are probably from some town in county Mayo

You said I was close but you came from Castlerea

And had driven a bus in Dublin for the CIE

You could dance better than me and did not complain

When I stepped on your toes which surely caused pain

I told you at fox trots and waltzes I was a bit of a menace

You laughed and said “Can you dance the Siege of Ennis?”

With the Stack and The Donkey I found my comfort Zone

Sure my mother was a step dancer from County Tyrone

When I went outside later you were having a smoke

On the way back to the dance floor we each had a coke

I told you I had an old Ford that was falling apart

And I’d like to take you home if I could get it to start.

I was being totally honest and I guess that counts as a plus

It’s hard to impress a Castlerea girl who once drove a bus

When we got back inside they were starting a fling

And right after that they had the twist and some swing

I did pretty well for myself without any major faults

But I sat out the next one which was an old Irish waltz

I thought a romance was staring and I was going someplace

I didn’t ask for anything that night only a loving embrace

You don’t answer my phone calls and I see you no more

I hope you have not gone back to old Erin’s green shore

There is nothing more that I can do

Where this romance goes is up to you.