Music and lyrics by Richie Kavanagh
(Johnny) “Around my part of the country, you’d never ask a woman out ta dance.
You’d always say to her, Can I face ye for Mt.Leinster?”
(Richie) “Who learnt you ta dance, Johnny?”
Ah me sister was aulder than me ye see,
And she showed me how to do 1,2,3.
Ah me sister was aulder than me ye see,
And see showed me how to do 1,2,3.
Chorus
She’d go 1,2,3,1,2,3 ’round the floor,
1,2,3 1,2,3 and miss the door.
She’d go 1,2,3,1,2,3 just like before,
1,2,3,1,2,3 more and more.
Ah this 1,2,3,1,2,3 rang in me head,
I even could hear it when I was in the bed.
She’d go 1,2,3,1,2,3 just like before,
Ah 1,2,3,1,2,3 more and more.
Me father wouldn’t let me go to the dance hall.
He said your not going there, ta hauld up the wall.
He says you have no steps in your feet now a’tall.
But your sister will show ye, cos she knows them all.
“And then she’d start again lad”
Chorus
She’d go 1,2,3,1,2,3 ’round the floor,
1,2,3,1,2,3 and miss the door.
She’d go 1,2,3,1,2,3 just like before,
Ah 1,2,3,1,2,3 more and more.
Ah this 1,2,3,1,2,3 rang in me head,
I even could hear it when I was in the bed.
She’d go 1,2,3,1,2,3 just like before,
Ah 1,2,3,1,2,3 more and more.
I went to me first dance on a Sunday night.
I danced with this young one and see held me tight.
Says she your a great aul dancers to me.
Says I sure me sister showed me now ye see.
Cos me sister was aulder than me ye see.
And she showed me how to do 1,2,3.
Ah me sister was aulder than me ye see.
And she showed me how to do 1,2,3.
Chorus
She’d go 1,2,3,1,2,3 ‘round the floor,
1,2,3,1,2,3 and miss the door.
She’d go 1,2,3,1,2,3 just like before,
Ah 1,2,3,1,2,3 more and more.
1,2,3,1,2,3 more and more.
And now I can really dance ‘round the floor.
1,2,3,1,2,3 ‘round the floor.
1,2,3,1,2,3 and miss the door.
(Johnny) “Ah I’m not able for any more of it lad I’m not!”
(Richie) “Ah ye may leave it so Johnny”
(Richie) “But your able ta dance now?”
(Johnny) “I’m able ta dance very well now”
About the Song,….. How To Do 1,2,3.
The Waltz is a simple, yet elegant ballroom dance, known for its three beat count.
A traditional Irish waltz tempo: 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3
As you step, you should count 1-2-3, 1-2-3, ‘round the floor.