Courting Is a Pleasure

Courting is a pleasure Between my love and I And it's down in yon green valley That I'd meet her by and by It was down in yon green valley She is my heart's delight "Oh Molly, lovely Molly I would stay till broad daylight." Going to church last Sunday My true love she passed me by I knew her mind was altered By the roving of her eye Well I knew her mind was altered To a lad of a high degree "Molly, lovely Molly Your looks have wounded me." Up came lovely Willy With a bottle in his hand Saying, "Drink this, lovely Molly For our love would never stand." Saying, "Drink this, lovely Molly Let the bottle flask go free Oh ten guineas I'll wager That married we ne'er shall be." Never marry a fair young maid With a dark and a roving eye Just you kiss her and you embrace her Never tell her the reason why Just you kiss her and you embrace her Till you cause her heart to yield For a faint-hearted soldier Will never gain the field Farewell, Ballymonie Likewise the sweet Bann shore Farewell to McCusky braes That I never will see no more Americae lies far away That land I will go see And may all bad luck attend the one Who parted my love and me Farewell Farewell Farewell