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Let's Have a Ceilidh 4 x 32R 4C Let's have a cei-lidh come wi' me, dance to the mus-ic mer-ry, mer-ry mus-ic Come let us make the raf-ters ring, Let's have a real old high-land fling. Swing your partner pas-de-bas, Have a drappie slan-te-mhath, You will agree it's just the thing, So join in the fun and hooch and sing, Mo-rag will dance with Will Macrae, Dance they will till break of day, Kirsty and Duncan, John and Jean, the grandest crowd you've ever seen. The band they will play an eightsome reel, Laddies will shout and lassies squeal Some folk will get a wee bit fu', Still they will dance the whole night thro', Soon you will find you're all aglow, Heel for heel and toe for toe Drinking quickly from your glass, Before you chase another lass Tammy will play his pipes sae braw, Play till the wind he canna blaw, An' Donal' who is whisky fill't, Will whip away poor Tammy's kilt Now folk are silent ev'ry one, Seems that the Ceilidh's owre and done, But Tam blaws his pipes, folks hooch and then, The Ceilidh starts all owre again. drapple = wee drink Slan te mhath = good health

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X: 1
N: Let's Have a Ceilidh
N: 4 x 32R 4C
P: Let's Have a Ceilidh
C: by D. K. Finlay
C: words by Jack Alexander & Tom Walsh
C: from Jim Stevenson
C: Arr. T. Traub 7-30-2003
R: Reel
K: D
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
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N: Let's have a cei-lidh come wi' me, dance to the mus-ic mer-ry, mer-ry mus-ic
N: Come let us make the raf-ters ring, Let's have a real old high-land fling.
N: Swing your partner pas-de-bas, Have a drappie slan-te-mhath,
N: You will agree it's just the thing, So join in the fun and hooch and sing,
N: Mo-rag will dance with Will Macrae, Dance they will till break of day,
N: Kirsty and Duncan, John and Jean, the grandest crowd you've ever seen.
N:
N: The band they will play an eightsome reel, Laddies will shout and lassies squeal
N: Some folk will get a wee bit fu', Still they will dance the whole night thro',
N: Soon you will find you're all aglow, Heel for heel and toe for toe
N: Drinking quickly from your glass, Before you chase another lass
N:
N: Tammy will play his pipes sae braw, Play till the wind he canna blaw,
N: An' Donal' who is whisky fill't, Will whip away poor Tammy's kilt
N: Now folk are silent ev'ry one, Seems that the Ceilidh's owre and done,
N: But Tam blaws his pipes, folks hooch and then, The Ceilidh starts all owre again.
N: drapple = wee drink
N: Slan te mhath = good health

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