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There's a dashin' sort of boy / Which they call his Party's Joy, / And his smile-that-won't-come-off would quite disarm ye; / And he played the leadin' hand / In the Helter-Skelter Band, / Known as Jimmy Dooley's Circulating Army. / When the rank and file they found, / They were marchin' round and round, / They one and all began to act unruly; / And the letter that he wrote, / Sure it got the Labor goat, / So we set ourselves to deal with Captain Dooley.
Chorus: Whill-il-loo. High Ho! / We'll all be there you know, / The repartees and ructions they will charm ye; / And we'll see which we prefer, / Is it Dooley or McGirr, / To take command of Jimmy Dooley's Army.