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.
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