Stompin' Tom Connors - Ballinafad Ball lyrics

If you should go to Ontatio to the town of Ballinafad At the General Store they can tell ya more About the phone call they once had When they heard the man say tell the band From Nashville I did call And hold on tight I'll be there tonight To play the ball at the Ballinafad Hall Now the word got around from town to town till a thousand tickets were sold To see the star with a great big car from Nashville they were told And the local band got a great big hand when the walked into the hall But the crowd looked high and low For the guy who made the telephone call Then through the door with a rush and a roar Came Sam the furnace man With a fiddle case and big red face and he jumped upon the stand I'll have to state I'm a little bit late but I hope you got my call With an ol' straw hat he grinned like a cat when he bouced that fiddle like a ball Now about that car with a Nashville star the band was never told But after the pause and the one for the cause The mystery did unfold From the General Store they knew the score When Sam walked in the Hall But he couldn't have been in Nashville when he made that telephone call Now Sam took a bow as he laughed out loud An he said I'll have you know There's a little place called Nashville here in old Ontario And there my truck got stuck in the muck and I thought I'd better call And tell the band I'll be on hand When they play the Ballinafad Ball Said Sam my truck got stuck in the muck But tonight I'm tellin' you all I just come down from Nashville town To play the Ballinafad Ball I just come down from Nashville town To play the Ballinafad Ball Ya'll come back now ya' hear