The Nigglers [NIGLR]

The Nigglers from Ballyvaloo<br><br><br>From Humphrey Currans the boys came all strolling<br>With scuts of moustaches not long started buddin'<br>With fanciful pipes they had briar, clay and wooden<br>Saying we're the bold Nigglers from Ballyvaloo.<br>We're a gay bunch of fellas all bound for Blackwater<br>The distance is only three miles and a quarter<br>And before we come back we'll have someone's daughter<br>For we're the bold Nigglers from Ballyvaloo.<br><br>There's Jimmy and Golden, Tommt and Miley<br>Two Malone's and Howlin came leisurely strolling<br>Jack Cush's mare ass was damm nearly foaling<br>When she saw the bold Nigglers from Ballyvaloo<br>Coming down by Kate Connolly's the rain was fast pouring<br>The children at Roche's were screaming and roaring<br>And Old Hyde's billy-pig, he was loudly snoring<br>When he saw the bold Nigglers from Ballyvaloo.<br><br>They walked down the road left, right and centre<br>Each man off Shipley's old block took a splinter<br>They knocked at Kit Owney's and quickly did enter<br>Saying 'we're the bold Nighlers from Ballyvaloo '<br>Miss Walsh danced with Tobin, Miss Tobin with Miley<br>Dan Murphy stepped shyly around Maggie Reilly<br>And brave Kitty Owney she winked rather shyly<br>At nice Billy Leary from Ballyvaloo.<br><br>They came to the Bridge and they all talked together<br>It wasn't of crops and it wasn't of weather<br>They talked to their colleagues like birds of a feather<br>And threatened to take them to Ballyvaloo.<br>Bridge Butler ran out with her long and led beezom<br>Saying, damm your eyes Doherty why don't you seize them<br>For they make the girls cry by the way they do squeeze them<br>And threaten to take them to Ballyvaloo.<br><br>At the sight of the beezom they all grew faint hearted<br>From Blackwater Bridge they all quickly departed<br>And it wasn't long till they were back where they started<br>At the bold Humphrey Curran's in Ballyvaloo<br><br>About the Song<br>This song was saved from oblivion by Denny Lacey.<br>The song is older than originally believed and probably dates from 1860's.