A row, a ruction, a fracas, an affray
A rough-n-tumble free-for-all
A broil, a brawl, a melee

A ruckus to be reckoned with
And now without delay
We're takin' the road to the Dodder on down

To march in the last parade

A row, a ruction, a fracas, an affray

A rough-n-tumble free-for-all
A broil, a brawl, a melee
A ruckus to be reckoned with

If anyone wants to dare
We're takin' the road to the Dodder on down
For the Donnybrook affair


I will go! I will meet you there
I will spend a week or two with you

At Donnybrook Fair
I will go! I will meet you there
But the council's up in arms

They aim to take it away I swear
The council's up in arms
They aim to take it away I swear


A license for leisure, What-e'er be the pleasure
The council's always up in arms

To try and take it away, hey!

Play the harp and play the fiddle

Play the whistle too
Bang the drum and use the lungs
To get the message through

But ya fight ya might get tar-n-feathered
So bow and say a prayer
To the commission for the abolition

Of the Donnybrook Fair

A row, a ruction, a fracas, an affray

A rough-n-tumble free-for-all
A broil, a brawl, a melee
A ruckus to be reckoned with

If anyone wants to dare
We're takin' the road to the Dodder on down
For the Donnybrook affair


I will go! I will meet you there
I will spend a week or two with you

At Donnybrook Fair
I will go! I will meet you there
But the council's up in arms

They aim to take it away I swear
The council's up in arms
They aim to take it away I swear


A license for leisure, what-e'er be the pleasure
The council's always up in arms

To try and take it away, hey!

A row, a ruction, a fracas, an affray

A rough-n-tumble free-for-all
A broil, a brawl, a melee
A ruckus to be reckoned with

And now without delay
We're takin' the road to the Dodder on down
To march in the last parade


A row, a ruction, a fracas, an affray
A rough-n-tumble free-for-all

A broil, a brawl, a melee
A ruckus to be reckoned with
If anyone wants to dare

We're takin the road to the Dodder on down
For Donnybrook affair


I will go! I will meet you there
I will spend a week or two with you
At Donnybrook Fair
I will go! I will meet you there
But the council's up in arms

And they aim to take it away I swear

I will go! I will meet you there
I will spend a week or two with you
At Donnybrook Fair

I will go! I will meet you there
But the council's up in arms
They aim to take it away I swear
The council's up in arms
They aim to take it away I swear

The council's always up in arms
To try and take it away, hey!