After The Ball Is Over
Mary Black

A little maiden climbed an old man's knee
Begged for a story - Do, uncle, please!
Why are you single, why live alone?
Have you no babies, have you no home?
I had a sweetheart, years, years ago
Where she is now, pet, you will soon know
List to the story, I'll tell it all
I believed her faithless, after the ball

After the ball is over
After the break of morn
After the dancers' leaving
After the stars are gone
Many a heart is aching
If you could read them all
Many the hopes that have vanished
After the ball

Bright lights were flashing in the grand ballroom
Softly the music, playing sweet tunes
There came my sweetheart, my love, my own
'I wish some water, leave me alone'
When I returned, dear, there stood a man
Kissing my sweetheart, as lovers can
Down fell the glass, pet, broken, that's all
Just as my heart was, after the ball

After the ball is over
After the break of morn
After the dancers' leaving
After the stars are gone
Many a heart is aching
If you could read them all
Many the hopes that have vanished
After the ball

Long years have passed child, I've never wed
True to my lost love, though she is dead
She tried to tell me, tried to explain
I would not listen, pleadings were vain
One day a letter came from that man
He was her brother - the letter ran
That's why I'm lonely, no home at all
I broke her heart, pet, after the ball

After the ball is over
After the break of morn
After the dancers' leaving
After the stars are gone
Many a heart is aching
If you could read them all
Many the hopes that have vanished
After the ball


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Lyrics by Mary Black

  A Stones Throw From The Soul   Across The Universe   Across the Universe [Live][*]   Adam At The Window   All That Hammering   Almost Gone   Anachie Gordon   Another Day   As I Leave Behind Neidin   Babes In The Wood   Beautiful   Big Trip To Portland   Bless The Road   Brand New Star   Bright Blue Rose   Broken Wings   By The Hour   By The Time It Gets Dark   Carolina Rua   Colcannon   Columbus   Crusader   Cut By Wire   Diamond Days   Dimming of the Day   Dockland   Donegal Breeze   Dont Say Okay   Eliza Lee   Ellis Island   Fall At Your Feet   Farewell Farewell   Fat Valley Of Pain   Fields Of Gold   Fields Of Gold (Live)   Fields of Gold [*]   Flesh & Blood   Flesh And Blood   Forever Young   Free As Stone   Gabriel   God Bless The Child   Going Gone   Golden Mile   Golden Thread   Good Morning Heartache   Good Morning Heartache [*]   Greatest Dream   Here's A Health   Here's A Health   Home   I Live Not Where I Love   I Misunderstood   I Say A Little Prayer   I Will Be There   If I Gave My Heart To You   In A Dream   Into The Blue   Just Around The Corner   Katie   Late Night Radio   Lay Down Your Burden   Leaboys Lassie   Leaving The Land   Looking Forward   Lovin You   Loving Hannah   Marguerite And The Gambler   Message Of Love   Might As Well Be A Slave   Mo Ghile Mear   Moments   Moon River   My Donald   Nightime   No Frontiers   Nobody Lives Without Love   Once In A Very Blue Moon   Once in a Very Blue Moon [Live]   One & Only   One And Only   One and Only [Video/Radio Edit]   One Way Donkey Ride   Only A Woman's Heart - Featuring Emmylou Hams   Only A Womans Heart   Paper Friends   Past The Point Of Rescue   Poison Tree   Poison Words   Prayer For Love   Róisín   Rares Hill   Raven In The Storm   Ring Them Bells   Risn   Rose Of Allendale   Saw You Running   Schooldays Over   She Moves Through The Fair   Shine   Shuffle Of The Buckled   Song For Ireland   Soul Sister   Sparks Might Fly   Speaking With The Angel   State Of Heart   Still Believing   Strange Thing   Summer Sent You   Tearing Up The Town   The Circus   The Crow On The Cradle   The Dimming Of The Day   The Fog In Monterey   The Holy Ground   The Holy Ground (Trad)   The Loving Time   The Moon And St. Christopher   The Moon and St. Christopher [Live]   The Moon and St. Christopher [Live][*]   The Shadow   The Thorn Upon The Rose   The Urge For Going   The Water Is Wide   There Is A Time   Theres A Train That Leaves Tonight   To Make You Feel You My Love   Treasure Island   Trespass Shoes   Trying To Get The Balance Right   Turning Away   Urge for Going   Vanities   What Does It Matter   Who Knows Where The Time Goes   Without The Fanfare   Wizard Of Oz   Wonder Child

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