I'ts 3 am and I can't stop listening to them. I've fallen in love with Irish music and I come from Latvia (if anyone of you have ever heard of it :P). Irish music, accent and culture to me is like french to most people. =]
Kenneth McKellar 1960's, every word the same. Lovely to hear a new generation sing this song. I suspect it was originally written in jest of poor rural Irish, in the way it inflates a house ceili into a "ball" with written invitations. Both the opera-trained Scot McKellar, and these High Kings, see through that to give us the spirit of a ceili with all the individual eccentricity and celebration of music and dance. Thanks for sharing!
New drinking song - take a sip on fluters ball And I'm also here because of Star Trek the next generation outtakes LOL somebody left a comment saying this wa the song at the end of the gag reel 😜
Why does this song drive me mad? I started listenig to it while cleaning and begun to dance around the house but I just stumbled on the vacuum cleaner cable and near broke a leg by hitting on the flooor!!!!!
I would love to see this song get an animation of the ball, I think that Li'l Crooked Pat would look like Tet from No Game No Life, clothing wise that is (and no that doesn't mean colors).
Have you heard of Phil the Fluther, of the town of Ballymuck? The times were going hard with him, in fact the man was broke. So he just sent out a notice to his neighbours, one an all. As to how he'd like their company that evening at a ball. And when writin' out he was careful to suggest to them, That if they found a hat of his convanient to the door, The more they put in, whenever he requested them The better would the music be for battherin' the floor. With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O! Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O! Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O! Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball. There was Mister Denis Dogherty, who kep' the runnin' dog; There was little crooked Paddy, from the Tiraloughett bog; There was boys from every Barony, and girls from ev'ry "art" And the beautiful Miss Bradys, in her private ass an' cart, And along with them came bouncing Mrs. Cafferty, Little Micky Mulligan was also to the fore, Rose, Suzanne, and Margaret O'Rafferty, The flower of Ardmagullion, and the pride of Pethravore. With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O! Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O! Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O! Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball. First, little Micky Mulligan got up to show them how, And then the Widda' Cafferty steps out and makes her bow, I could dance you off your legs, sez she, as sure as you are born, If ye'll only make the piper play, "The hare was in the corn." So Phil plays up to the best of his ability, The lady and the gentleman begin to do their share; Faith, then Mick it's you that has agility, Begorra Mrs. Cafferty, yer leppin' like a hare! With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O! Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O! Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O! Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball. Then Phil the Fluther tipped a wink to little Crooked Pat, "I think it's nearly time," sez he, "for passin' round the hat." So Paddy pass'd the caubeen round, and looking mighty cute. Sez, "Ye've got to pay the piper when he toothers on the flute." Then all joined in wid the greatest joviality, Covering the buckle, and the shuffle, and the cut; Jigs were danced, of the very finest quality, But the Widda' bet the company at "handling the fut." With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O! Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O! Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O! Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball. With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O! Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O! Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O! Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball.
Have you heard of Phil the Fluther From the town of Ballymuck? Actually times was going hard with him In fact the man was broke So he just sent out a notice To his neighbours, one and all As to how he'd like their company That evening at a ball And when writing out He was careful to suggest to them That if they found a hat of his Convenient to the floor The more they put in Whenever he requested them The better would the music be For battering the floor (Chorus) With a toot on the flute And a twiddle on the fiddle-oh Hopping in the middle Like a herring on the griddle-oh Up, down, hands around And crossing to the wall Oh, hadn't we the gaiety At Phil the Fluther's ball There was Mister Denis Doherty Who kept a running dog There was little crooked Paddy From the Tiraloughett bog There was boys from every barony And girls from every art And the beautiful Miss Bradys' In their private ass and cart And along with them, Came bouncing Mrs Cafferty Little Mickey Mulligan Was also to the fore Rose, Suzanne And Margaret O'Rafferty The flower of Ard Na Gullion And the pride of Petravore (Chorus) (Fiddle Solo) (Chorus) Little Mickey Mulligan Got up to show them how And then the widow Cafferty Steps out and makes a bow "I could dance you off your legs," says she As sure as you were born If you'll only make the piper play 'The Hare was in the Corn' So Phil plays up To the best of his ability The lady and the gentleman Begin to do their share Faith, then Mick It's you that has agility Begorra Mrs. Cafferty You're leppin' like a hare (Chorus) Phil the Fluther tipped a wink To little Crooked Pat I think it's nearly time to see For passing round the hat So Paddy passed the caubeen 'round And looking mighty cute Says: "you have to pay the piper When he tootles on the flute" Then all joined in With the greatest joviality Coverin' the buckle And the shuffle and the cut Jigs were danced Of the very finest quality But the widow bate the company At handlin' the foot (Chorus X2) Oh, hadn't we the gaiety At Phil the Fluther's ball.
I am not sure if we should give England the World Championship 2026. We have our grievances, you know, but then I am not even sure if giving WC26 to E is possible. Is it the right thing to do? Well, we have our grievances too.
Have you heard of Phil the Fluther, of the town of Ballymuck? The times were going hard with him, in fact the man was broke. So he just sent out a notice to his neighbours, one an all. As to how he'd like their company that evening at a ball. And when writin' out he was careful to suggest to them, That if they found a hat of his convanient to the door, The more they put in, whenever he requested them The bether would the music be for battherin' the flute. With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O! Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O! Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O! Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball. There was Mister Denis Dogherty, who kep' the runnin' dog; There was little crooked Paddy, from the Tiraloughett bog; There was boys from every Barony, and girls from ev'ry "art" And the beautiful Miss Bradys, in a private ass an' cart, And along with them came bouncing Mrs. Cafferty, Little Micky Mulligan was also to the fore, Rose, Suzanne, and Margaret O'Rafferty, The flower of Ardmagullion, and the pride of Pethravore. With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O! Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O! Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O! Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball. First, little Micky Mulligan got up to show them how, And then the Widda' Cafferty steps out and makes her bow, I could dance you off your legs, sez she, as sure as you are born, If ye'll only make the piper play, "The hare was in the corn." So Phil plays up to the best of his ability, The lady and the gentleman begin to do their share; Faith, then Mick it's you that has agility, Begorra Mrs. Cafferty, yer leppin' like a hare! With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O! Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O! Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O! Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball. Then Phil the Fluther tipped a wink to little Crooked Pat, "I think it's nearly time," sez he, "for passin' round the hat." So Paddy pass'd the caubeen round, and looking mighty cute. Sez, "Ye've got to pay the piper when he toothers on the flute." Then all joined in wid the greatest joviality, Covering the buckle, and the shuffle, and the cut; Jigs were danced, of the very finest quality, But the Widda' bet the company at "handling the fut." With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O! Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O! Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O! Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball.
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I'ts 3 am and I can't stop listening to them. I've fallen in love with Irish music and I come from Latvia (if anyone of you have ever heard of it :P). Irish music, accent and culture to me is like french to most people. =]
I'm from Missouri and when I was in school we sang a song in Latvian (this was about 8 years ago.)
Love from Ireland 🇮🇪🍀💚
I couldn’t agree more ☺️
this song is one of the best i´ve ever heared
The high kings make the best version of any song
Amen to that!🙏
Only to the undiscerning
i love the high kings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Grate band and I love the Irish music gets me dancing all the time
In the 5th movie 🍿 the singing voice of dw read is Christina Lange in this movie 🍿
Kenneth McKellar 1960's, every word the same. Lovely to hear a new generation sing this song. I suspect it was originally written in jest of poor rural Irish, in the way it inflates a house ceili into a "ball" with written invitations. Both the opera-trained Scot McKellar, and these High Kings, see through that to give us the spirit of a ceili with all the individual eccentricity and celebration of music and dance. Thanks for sharing!
New drinking song - take a sip on fluters ball
And I'm also here because of Star Trek the next generation outtakes LOL somebody left a comment saying this wa the song at the end of the gag reel 😜
They were great men’ to sing it. They are doing something for our song tradition’ anyway.
These guys are absolutely brilliant
THIS IS SOOO BLEEDIN GOOD!!! Can’t stop dancing around my kitchen hahahahaha
I am soooo glad to see this back on youtube!! it was gone for a while, and I almost cried! not literally but I felt like it... I love this song!!!
I love this song! Especially by them! Celtic Woman and The High Kings can't be beat in my book.
I love this song so much that I can't help singing it all the time!!😊
such a funny and catchy song!!!!! love it!!!! 💙
I love you guys for your singing and your music
this guys are so cool!!! i love them!!! and this song is so funny!! su much love
Why does this song drive me mad? I started listenig to it while cleaning and begun to dance around the house but I just stumbled on the vacuum cleaner cable and near broke a leg by hitting on the flooor!!!!!
Love these guys!
It's a classic Percy French song from Roscommon well done high kings
YES! Percy French was quite the genius!
Lola the Pug, and the Star Trek TNG cast, also when they started I got a real wave of nostalgia for ps1 Spyro
I love this song!
Amazing
The best viserion of this song sorry for spelling can't spell good
Always beautiful! Pity it's not on Spotify :(
Wow, wow ,wow
AGREED!! THIS AND "THE PARTING GLASS" are both missing from iTunes. What a shame! :(
WOW!!!
i love that song :)
Die sind echt gut !!!!!
Thank you for this video!!!!
Thank you a lot!!!!!!
to bad it isnt on spotify :/
Or the itunes store
Plenty of browser add-ons and websites you canput the url in and it will put it in an mp3 for you
I would love to see this song get an animation of the ball, I think that Li'l Crooked Pat would look like Tet from No Game No Life, clothing wise that is (and no that doesn't mean colors).
we are learning thus song in school
It’s the best version anywhere
Have you heard of Phil the Fluther, of the town of Ballymuck?
The times were going hard with him, in fact the man was broke.
So he just sent out a notice to his neighbours, one an all.
As to how he'd like their company that evening at a ball.
And when writin' out he was careful to suggest to them,
That if they found a hat of his convanient to the door,
The more they put in, whenever he requested them
The better would the music be for battherin' the floor.
With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O!
Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O!
Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O!
Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball.
There was Mister Denis Dogherty, who kep' the runnin' dog;
There was little crooked Paddy, from the Tiraloughett bog;
There was boys from every Barony, and girls from ev'ry "art"
And the beautiful Miss Bradys, in her private ass an' cart,
And along with them came bouncing Mrs. Cafferty,
Little Micky Mulligan was also to the fore,
Rose, Suzanne, and Margaret O'Rafferty,
The flower of Ardmagullion, and the pride of Pethravore.
With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O!
Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O!
Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O!
Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball.
First, little Micky Mulligan got up to show them how,
And then the Widda' Cafferty steps out and makes her bow,
I could dance you off your legs, sez she, as sure as you are born,
If ye'll only make the piper play, "The hare was in the corn."
So Phil plays up to the best of his ability,
The lady and the gentleman begin to do their share;
Faith, then Mick it's you that has agility,
Begorra Mrs. Cafferty, yer leppin' like a hare!
With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O!
Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O!
Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O!
Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball.
Then Phil the Fluther tipped a wink to little Crooked Pat,
"I think it's nearly time," sez he, "for passin' round the hat."
So Paddy pass'd the caubeen round, and looking mighty cute.
Sez, "Ye've got to pay the piper when he toothers on the flute."
Then all joined in wid the greatest joviality,
Covering the buckle, and the shuffle, and the cut;
Jigs were danced, of the very finest quality,
But the Widda' bet the company at "handling the fut."
With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O!
Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O!
Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O!
Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball.
With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O!
Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O!
Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O!
Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball.
Backing tracks
These guys are amazing. But this may be the ONE song they do that I cant learn the lyrics to
Have you heard of Phil the Fluther
From the town of Ballymuck?
Actually times was going hard with him
In fact the man was broke
So he just sent out a notice
To his neighbours, one and all
As to how he'd like their company
That evening at a ball
And when writing out
He was careful to suggest to them
That if they found a hat of his
Convenient to the floor
The more they put in
Whenever he requested them
The better would the music be
For battering the floor
(Chorus)
With a toot on the flute
And a twiddle on the fiddle-oh
Hopping in the middle
Like a herring on the griddle-oh
Up, down, hands around
And crossing to the wall
Oh, hadn't we the gaiety
At Phil the Fluther's ball
There was Mister Denis Doherty
Who kept a running dog
There was little crooked Paddy
From the Tiraloughett bog
There was boys from every barony
And girls from every art
And the beautiful Miss Bradys'
In their private ass and cart
And along with them,
Came bouncing Mrs Cafferty
Little Mickey Mulligan
Was also to the fore
Rose, Suzanne
And Margaret O'Rafferty
The flower of Ard Na Gullion
And the pride of Petravore
(Chorus)
(Fiddle Solo)
(Chorus)
Little Mickey Mulligan
Got up to show them how
And then the widow Cafferty
Steps out and makes a bow
"I could dance you off your legs," says she
As sure as you were born
If you'll only make the piper play
'The Hare was in the Corn'
So Phil plays up
To the best of his ability
The lady and the gentleman
Begin to do their share
Faith, then Mick
It's you that has agility
Begorra Mrs. Cafferty
You're leppin' like a hare
(Chorus)
Phil the Fluther tipped a wink
To little Crooked Pat
I think it's nearly time to see
For passing round the hat
So Paddy passed the caubeen 'round
And looking mighty cute
Says: "you have to pay the piper
When he tootles on the flute"
Then all joined in
With the greatest joviality
Coverin' the buckle
And the shuffle and the cut
Jigs were danced
Of the very finest quality
But the widow bate the company
At handlin' the foot
(Chorus X2)
Oh, hadn't we the gaiety
At Phil the Fluther's ball.
There's also The Little Beggarman. You can understand, you can't sing it though.
Bart Springer Holy crap well done
FrigiJderul
Actually I've got that one down
+Rory Stephenson-Eves try Jimmy Murphy, hoof that one took me forever to get down
We love this song! Is there going to be a studio version anytime soon? ☺️
im proud to be irish
Love you lads yippiiiiii :)
What year was this?
I am not sure if we should give England the World Championship 2026. We have our grievances, you know, but then I am not even sure if giving WC26 to E is possible. Is it the right thing to do? Well, we have our grievances too.
Please don’t, I mean ever, delete this video
Are there any plans for a tour date in Canada?
Star Trek: TNG brought me here.
Yeah the blooper reel from Season Two! ❤🤣
@CraztPirateMouse Well....Celtic Woman can be beat.....by the High Kings
Can someone send me the lyrics for this video?
Have you heard of Phil the Fluther, of the town of Ballymuck?
The times were going hard with him, in fact the man was broke.
So he just sent out a notice to his neighbours, one an all.
As to how he'd like their company that evening at a ball.
And when writin' out he was careful to suggest to them,
That if they found a hat of his convanient to the door,
The more they put in, whenever he requested them
The bether would the music be for battherin' the flute.
With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O!
Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O!
Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O!
Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball.
There was Mister Denis Dogherty, who kep' the runnin' dog;
There was little crooked Paddy, from the Tiraloughett bog;
There was boys from every Barony, and girls from ev'ry "art"
And the beautiful Miss Bradys, in a private ass an' cart,
And along with them came bouncing Mrs. Cafferty,
Little Micky Mulligan was also to the fore,
Rose, Suzanne, and Margaret O'Rafferty,
The flower of Ardmagullion, and the pride of Pethravore.
With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O!
Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O!
Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O!
Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball.
First, little Micky Mulligan got up to show them how,
And then the Widda' Cafferty steps out and makes her bow,
I could dance you off your legs, sez she, as sure as you are born,
If ye'll only make the piper play, "The hare was in the corn."
So Phil plays up to the best of his ability,
The lady and the gentleman begin to do their share;
Faith, then Mick it's you that has agility,
Begorra Mrs. Cafferty, yer leppin' like a hare!
With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O!
Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O!
Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O!
Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball.
Then Phil the Fluther tipped a wink to little Crooked Pat,
"I think it's nearly time," sez he, "for passin' round the hat."
So Paddy pass'd the caubeen round, and looking mighty cute.
Sez, "Ye've got to pay the piper when he toothers on the flute."
Then all joined in wid the greatest joviality,
Covering the buckle, and the shuffle, and the cut;
Jigs were danced, of the very finest quality,
But the Widda' bet the company at "handling the fut."
With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-O!
Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle-O!
Up! down, hands around, crossing to the wall-O!
Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball.
does anyone have a free mp3 download of this?
:-)
how is this not on itunes?
This comment is for the high king would you do my birthday next year for 8000 that's two grand each for the night and all the drinks paid for
White people are AWESOME!
Better than celtic thunder Ronnie Drew's is better though only just
Terrible attempt. The Dubliners version is your only man...
Abuse of Irish music