I am a young fellow that ran out his land and means In union with Bacchus the bottles I've often drained I courted a damsel whose mother did me degrade She called me a drunkard, a clown, and more of the same.
I being thus offended, I bid this old dame goodbye But I winked at the daughter who gave me the same reply In private I told her to meet me at Mohill fair And we never looked back till we met, about noon, next day.
My love being so loyal and came with such noble speed The moment I met her I told her to mount the steed The day being advanced and we having some time to spare She reached me a bottle and told me to have a drain.
When we finished the bottle, to Carrick we made our way We called to an inn where our dinner made no delay A steak in the pan, and we drank so much Congo tea Our slumbers were restless until the first dawn of day.
Next morning right early by auction we sold the mare And we took an excursion by train to Ballysodare In a second-class carriage me lover and I did engage And the steam was so pushing I thought she would fly to Spain.
That night on me pillow I dreamt that we both were seized. It is then I consulted me lover to cross the main Our ship she weighed anchor, from Sligo she sailed away And we dreaded no storm while rolling o'er the waves.
When we reached up to London I thought meseelf mighty safe When a pair of policemen on Peggy and I did gaze They had our descriptions, the colour of both our hair For our warrant was issued by telegraph news that day.
And when we were detected, they took us before the mayor. He signed our committal and sent us to Carrick Jail Her mother then swore that I was both a rogue and a knave That had spoiled her young daughter and stole all her gold away.
The bench was consulting and the mother no more could say. They called on the daughter to know what on me she'd swear Well, she said that I was a most loving genteel young swain Who was willing and able to work for her night and day.
When we were acquitted me lover I did embrace. And we called to the clergy to join us in love and peace We gave him three guineas to join us in wedlock's bands And we're living near Carrick, contented as days are long.Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
