As I roved out on a moonlit night Excitement for to find I met on the way with a pretty little girl And I asked her to be mine, with me Tooria folderiddle da Me tooria right folderiddle antin-ido.
How can I get to your father's house How can I get to your bed? Oh, my father locks the door at night And the keys lie under his head, with me Tooria folderiddle da Me tooria right folderiddle antin-ido.
If you get a ladder, thirty foot Thirty foot and three And place it up to the chimney top Come down in a creel to me, with your Tooria folderiddle da Me tooria right folderiddle antin-ido.
So I got me a ladder thirty foot Thirty foot and three, And I placed it up to the chimney top And down in a creel came me, with me Tooria folderiddle da Me tooria right folderiddle antin-ido.
But the ould one she being still awake Heard something that was said “I'll lay me life,” said the silly ould wife “There's a man in me daughter's bed,” with me Tooria folderiddle da Me tooria right folderiddle antin-ido.
The ould man he got out of bed For to see if it was true But she's pushed me down with her lily white arms In under the coverlet blue, with me Tooria folderiddle da Me tooria right folderiddle antin-ido.
“Where are you going, father dear Where are you going so late? You've disturbed me at me evening prayers And, oh, but they were sweet,” with me Tooria folderiddle da Me tooria right folderiddle antin-ido.
“Well, the devil take you, you silly ould wife And an ill death may you die For your daughter's lyin' with the Book in her arms And she's praying for you and I,” with me Tooria folderiddle da Me tooria right folderiddle antin-ido.
But the ould one, she being still awake When something else was said “You can say what you like, you silly ould fool There's a man in your daughter's bed,” with me Tooria folderiddle da Me tooria right folderiddle antin-ido.
No rest nor peace could the ould one get 'Till she got up to see But her foot gave a shot to the chamber pot And into the creel fell she, with me Tooria folderiddle da Me tooria right folderiddle antin-ido.
“Rise and help me, husband dear Rise and help me now For the one that you have wished me to I fear he has me now!” with me Tooria folderiddle da Me tooria right folderiddle antin-ido.
“Well the hoult he's got, I hope he keeps And never lets it go For between yourself and your daughter dear It's time for the cock to crow,” with me Tooria folderiddle da Me tooria right folderiddle antin-ido.
Well, I rocked her up and I rocked her down And I gave her a great downfall Till every rib in the ould woman's side Played nick-nack against the wall, with me Tooria folderiddle da Me tooria right folderiddle antin-ido.
And it's oh, the blue, the bonny blue, And may the blue do well And every ould woman'd refuse her daughter Be rocked in a creel to hell, with me Tooria folderiddle da Me tooria right folderiddle antin-ido.Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
