Tonight we're going to meet some lads Us girls are dressed up gaily And we'll be dancing 'til the dawn We're going to the Céili The lads they come from miles around From Ennis and Kilmaley To show us all their fancy steps We're going to the Céili They're playing tunes on everything From pipes to ukulele It sounds so good you can't sit down We're dancing at the Céili All the boys we love so well So handsome, young and charming They're in New York and Boston now They should be home here farming My own true love has sailed away To be an endless rover 'Cause times are tough and he must leave To start a new life over He writes me letters every week To say how much he's slavin' And he promises that he'll be back Before the hay needs savin' But it's hard to love somebody That you're not in touch with daily So I'm looking for somebody new Tonight down at the Céili The winter nights are long and hard And time goes by so slowly I wish my true love he was here And in his arms I'd roll He'd whisper tender words of love to me And kiss my lips so sweetly And quickly I'd surrender to His manly charms completely He writes me letters every week To say how much he's slavin' And he promises that he'll be back Before the hay needs savin' But it's hard to love somebody That you're not in touch with daily So I'm looking for somebody new Tonight down at the Céili So I'm looking for somebody new Tonight down at the Céili I hope I meet someone tonight Who'll make my heart beat fast A handsome man with laughing eyes Who smiles as he walks past And when they play an old-time waltz He'll twirl me round the floor And promise me that I will be His girl forevermore His girl forevermore His girl forevermore And promise me that I will be His girl forevermore I'm somewhat in a bother That is really quite alarming I have two lads pursuing me And each of them is charming One of them is dark and poor One fair with lots of money I don't know which one to choose The flower or the honey What on earth am I to do It's driving me half crazy Tonight I'll make my mind up When I see them at the Céili To be a poor man's wife will be A life of washin' dishes When a rich man's wife will surely have Great luxury and riches In comfort how I know It wouldn't be too hard to wallow And being poor is not much fun; Which one should I follow? What on earth am I to do It's driving me half crazy Tonight I'll make my mind up When I see them at the Céili I've been lucky I've found a lad who's handsome and a neighbor And me I've met a decent man whose friendship I will savor And me I've made my choice as well and in no way was it easy But I'd rather have a man I love Then be a rich man's lady And that is how the story ends May true love never fail me We got ourselves three men tonight And we met them at the Céili
The Celtic Woman companions Órla Fallon, Méav Ni Mhaolchatha and Lisa Kelly are singing At the Céilí (At the Ceilidh) wearing céilí dresses, (Ceilidh dresses) also Máiréad Nesbitt joined them! I noticed that in the film and musical which was released in 1961 “West Side Story” starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris and Russ Tamblyn. Music and originally composed by Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, directed and produced by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, Maria falls in love with Tony and finds herself at the centre of the violent conflict between the two gangs. Bernardo’s younger sister. LOL! I wish West Side Story, High Society, Romeo and Juliet, The Philadelphia Story, Easter Parade all have in common! All about musical, films and romance.
@@laurenmontera9516 lol, Lisa, Meav and Orla on Celtic Woman A New Journey performed At The Ceilidh as a West Side Story tribute act. Lisa K was in WSS as Maria.
Ngl, when I first listened to this song and heard "Us girls are dressed up gaily" I was like- 👁👄👁💧 ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT ME??? (For anyone confused, gaily sounds like "gayly" and I am the ✨️G A Y✨️ lmao) P.s. this song goes hella HARD 🔥
