Red-Haired Mary

As I was going to the fair of Dingle one fine morning last July When going down the road before me A red-haired girl I chanced to spy I went up to here, said "Aye young lady, my donkey he will carry two" She looked at me, her eyes did twinkle Her cheeks they were a rosy hue "Well, thank you kindly sir", she answered Then she tossed her bright red hair "Seeing that you've got your donkey" "I'll ride with you to the Dingle fair" But when we reached the town of Dingle I shook her hand to say good-bye A tinker man stepped up beside me And belted me in my left eye Keep your hands off red-haired Mary She and I are to be wed We were with the priest this very morn Tonight we'll lie in our marriage bed Keep your hands off red-haired Mary She and I are to be wed We were with the priest this very morn Tonight we'll lie in our marriage bed Now I was feeling kind of peevish My poor eye was kinda sore I tapped him lightly with my hobnails He flew back through Murphy's door He went off to find his brother The biggest man you e'er did meet He gently tapped me with his knuckles And I was minus two front teeth And red-haired Mary kept on smiling "I'll go with you, young man", she said "Never mind the priest this very morn" "Tonight, we'll lie in Murphy's shed" Keep your hands off red-haired Mary She and I are to be wed We were with the priest this very morn Tonight, we'll lie in our marriage bed Keep your hands off red-haired Mary She and I are to be wed We were with the priest this very morn Tonight, we'll lie in our marriage bed A policeman came around the corner He told me I had broke the law The donkey kicked him in the knee And he fell down and broke his jaw Now through the fair we rode together My black eye and her red hair Smiling alely at the tinker Weren't we the happy pair Keep your hands off red-haired Mary She and I are to be wed We were with the priest this very morn Tonight, we'll lie in our marriage bed Keep your hands off red-haired Mary She and I are to be wed We were with the priest this very morn Tonight, we'll lie in our marriage bed Keep your hands off red-haired Mary She and I are to be wed We were with the priest this very morn Tonight, we'll lie in our marriage bed