The title of this tune comes from a comic song of the 1860's, although it is similar to many other tunes and thus is likely part of a much older tradition.
Ref: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Lannigan%27s_Ball
Ref: https://thesession.org/tunes/264
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanigan%27s_Ball
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