 The Irish songwriter John Lyons ( b . 1934 ) wrote the popular song The Kilkenny Louse House . The song contains the lines " Well we went up the stairs and we put out the light , Sure in less than five minutes , I had to show fight . For the fleas and the bugs they collected to march , And over me stomach they formed a great arch " . It has been recorded by Christie Purcell ( 1952 ) , Mary Delaney on From Puck to Appleby ( 2003 ) , and the Dubliners on Double Dubliners ( 1972 ) among others . 
