Three Irish Country Songs: No. 3, As I Was Goin' to Ballynure

As I was goin’ to Ballynure the day I well remember

For to view the lads and lasses on the fifth day of November.

   

   With a ma-ring-doo-a-day,

   With a ma-ring-a-doo-a-daddy-oh,

As I was goin’ along the road as homeward I was walkin’,

I heard a wee lad behind a ditch-a to his wee lass a-talkin’.

Said the wee lad to the wee lass, ‘it’s will ye let me kiss ye?

For it’s I have got the cordial eye that far exceeds the whiskey.’

‘This cordial that ye talk about there’s very few o’ them gets it,

For there’s nothin’ now but crooked combs and muslin gowns can catch it.’

As I was goin’ along the road as homeward I was walkin’,

I heard a wee lad behind a ditch-a to his wee lass a-talkin’.

North Irish (Antrim)