{"id":1372,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/continental-ceili"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"continental-ceili","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/continental-ceili\/","title":{"rendered":"CONTINENTAL C\u00c9IL\u00cd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

Over in McCann’s there’s a grand type of dance band a-playing
\nAnd they’re spinnin’ out the Continental C\u00e9il\u00ed,
\nThey’re comin’ in their cars from the bars over in Leitir & Killane
\nJust to hear the famous Gunther Reynolds playing.
\nOut the Star of Munster with Hans O’Donoghue
\nNeatly tappin’ out a tango on the spoons.
\nSuch commotion will act like a lotion on the struttin’
\nAt the Continental C\u00e9il\u00ed tonight.<\/p>\n

Wolfgang’s playing on the comb, someone shouts at him go home.
\nKlaus in playin’ a slow air on the bodhr\u00e0n.
\nQuinn from Corofin his fiddle tucked beneath his chin. Ssh!
\nHe’s going to play the Bucks of Oranmore now.
\nAnd an old-fashioned lady begins to sing a song.
\nAh! Lads a bit of order over here.
\nClarinbridge for the chowder, keep your powder dry,
\nFor the Continental C\u00e9il\u00ed tonight.<\/p>\n

Ciaran closing his eyes pretends he’s in disguise,
\nWhen he sees and old flame comin’ over
\nHe’s singing for the Swedes in their tweeds doin’ all he can to please
\nThe night’s at such a delicate stage,
\nLater on he’ll give an audience to one of them or two,
\nHe’ll sing the Dyin’ Swan to touch their feelings,
\nTonight’s his night and tomorrow night will be just the same.
\nAt the Continental C\u00e9il\u00ed tonight<\/p>\n

Ada let me out to the bar where the boys are goin’ far
\nAnd they’re spinnin’ out the Continental Ceili.
\nNever mind the liquor, the music’s in my soul so long
\nAs I can hear the band a-playin’
\nThe pipes and the flutes and the fiddles are in tune.
\nWhoo! I’d love to meet a European girl
\nAda now me head is goin’ light and the band is playin’ tight
\nAt the Continental C\u00e9il\u00ed tonight.<\/p>\n

All the publicans are there, ’tis like a hirin’ fair tryin’ to figure out
\nHow much McCann is makin’.
\nTo keep their pubs outta Stubbs they’re lashin’ out big subs
\nIn a burst of fierce anticipation.
\nMoguls from Muckhill are starin’ at the till
\nTryin’ to get the lowdown on the line-up
\nThey’ll be buyin’ free porter for the members of the band
\nAt the Continental C\u00e9il\u00ed tonight.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over in McCann’s there’s a grand type of dance band a-playing And they’re spinnin’ out the Continental C\u00e9il\u00ed, They’re comin’ in their cars from the bars ov<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[28,27],"class_list":["post-1372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lyrics","tag-beer-belly-band","tag-irish-lyrics"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"trp-custom-language-flag":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"beerbellycollection","author_link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/author\/beerbellycollection\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Over in McCann's there's a grand type of dance band a-playing And they're spinnin' out the Continental C\u00e9il\u00ed, They're comin' in their cars from the bars ov","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}