Irish Song Lyrics 
from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
Clancy's Wooden Wedding 
Five years ago last Sunday night when Clancy took a wife 'twas Little Bridget Haley who would stick to him for life and he gave a wooden wedding the event to celebrate and he sent out invitations to his friends both small and great 
Now everyone was supposed to bring a present made of wood some of the things they brought were bad and some were very good but everyone who came they did the very best they could when Clancy had a weddin' made of wood 
There was all kinds of wood brought to the house that night hard wood, soft wood and kindling wood delight there was wood and wooden shavings enough to fill a bed 'twas brought to Clancy's house when he was five years wed 
Now the first one to get there was Tim O'Hoolihan, he brought for a present a Japanese fan then came Maloney just as neat as a pin he brought a cradle for to rock the baby in 
O'Brien brought a sawhorse handsomely engraved O'Toole brought a cord of wood for which he didn't pay Murphy brought the clothespins and Ryan brought a broom and it looked as though a lumberyard exploded in the room 
Wood that came from China, wood that came from Spain wood from Jerusalem across the ragin' main wood that came from Russia sent by the Csar wood that came from Ireland enought to build a car wood that came from England, wood that came from Wales wood that came from Scotland, wood that came from jails they passed around the whiskey and they passed around the ale and if the glasses wasn't big enough they used a wooden pail 
everyone was feelin' good no one was feelin' dry all around the glory and the glory it was high someone asked Clancy, "Would he sing a song?" Clancy said he would, but his voice was gone Up jumped Maloney and he gave a recitation all about the kind of wood that grew in every nation "Begorra such a racket I can't keep it mum!" O'Brien called Maloney an educated bum 
well up jumped Maloney and he gave him such a whack it raised up a hump in the middle of his back that was the signal and they all began to fight and the women hollared, "Murder!" and they said it wasn't right 
Murphy threw the poker and it hit O'Hoolihan O'Brien threw the kettle and he threw the frying pan Patrick lost his false teeth and through the window dove Maloney sat down on a red hot stove 
Well there was all kinds of wood went flyin' through the air Brady hit O'Grady with the round of a chair Murphy took Sullivan and threw him on the bed stabbed him with a clothespin and left him there for dead 
Police got twenty five and thirty got away they took then up before the judge the very next day the judge looked them over as before them they stood he gave them sixty days in jail...now they're all sawing wood