Lyrics:

Now, Patsy Byrne may brag about the hat his father wore
Indeed it was a gay caubeen in the merry days of yore
But now it's a little bit out of date, so let me tell you that
It wouldn't hold a candle to me old Skellara hat
It was worn by me father at the dances and the fairs
Where all the boys and pretty girls were sure to be all there
It was built a hundred years ago, and Devil the worse be that
For a regular lady dazzler was me old Skellara hat
As I was walkin' down the road, the royal house to see
Sure all the boys and pretty girls kept callin' after me
"There goes the Duke of Charlesburg, and he's an aristocrat!"
But the boys they didn't know me in me old Skellara hat
It was worn by me father at the dances and the fairs
Where all the boys and pretty girls were sure to be all there
It was built a hundred years ago, and Devil the worse be that
For a regular lady dazzler was me old Skellara hat

Met the Queen of England a week ago today
She took me warmly by the hand, and she asked me in for tea
"Now, Pat," says she, "I'm glad to see you're lookin' so fine and fat"
But all the while she was lookin' at me old Skellara hat
Sure, it was worn by me father at the dances and the fairs
Where all the boys and pretty girls were sure to be all there
It was built a hundred years ago, and Devil the worse be that
For a regular lady dazzler was me old Skellara hat
It was worn by me father at the dances and the fairs
Where all the boys and pretty girls were sure to be all there
It was built a hundred years ago, and Devil the worse be that
For a regular lady dazzler was
A regular lady dazzler was
A regular lady dazzler was me old Skellara hat