Limerick Rake

I am a young fellow that's easy and bold In Castletown conyers I'm very well known In Newcastle West I spent many a note With Katy and Judy and Mary Me father rebuked me for being such a rake And spending me time in such frolicsome ways I ne'er will forget the good nature of Jane Fáigimíd siúd mar atá sé If I chance for to go to the town of Rathkeale The girls all around me do flock at the square Some offer me Porter and others sweet cake They treat me unknown to their parents There's one from Askeaton and one from the Pike And Katy from Arda me heart is beguiled Being from the mountains her stocking are white I'd love to be tightening her garter To quarrel for riches I ne'er was inclined For the greatest of misers must leave them behind I'll purchase a cow that will never run dry And I'll milk her by twisting her horn John Damer of Shronell had plenty of gold And Devonshire's treasures are 20 times more Now he's laid on his back among nettles and stones Fáigimíd siúd mar atá sé If I chance for to go to the market of Croom With a cock in me hat and me pipes in full tune I'm welcome at once and brought up to a room Where Bacchus is sporting with Venus There's Peggy and Jane from the town of Bruree And Biddy from Bruff and we all at the spree Such a combing of locks as there was about me Fáigimíd siúd mar atá sé There's some say I'm foolish and more say I'm wise But being fond of the women I think it no crime For the son of King David had ten 100 wives And his wisdom was highly regarded And when I'm right out and me soul is at peace Those women will come for to cry at me wake Their sons and their daughters will offer a prayer To the Lord for the soul of their father