Irish traditional song lyrics — collected by Beer Belly Band.
I was born in old Killarney, one day when I was young
I `Spose boys that’s the reason that there’s blarney on me tongue
That I was a lovely baby, me mother she would vow
Oh, the girls all ran to kiss me then, I wish they’d do it now
Oh, I wish they’d do it now, oh, I wish they’d do it now
Oh, the girls all ran to kiss me then, I wish they’d do it now
Now when I was still a baby, the girls would handle me
They’d clutch me to their bosoms and they’d bounce me on their knees
They would rock me in the cradle and if I make a row
They’d take me in to sleep with them. I wish they’d do it now
Oh, I wish they’d do it now, oh, I wish they’d do it now
They would take me in to sleep with them; I wish they’d do it now
At five years old, a finer lad, I’m sure was never seen
The girls would take me out to play down on the meadow green
They’d make a chain of buttercups to deck my boyish brow
Then they’d roll me in the clover; oh I wish they’d do it now
Oh, I wish they’d do it now, oh, I wish they’d do it now
They would roll me in the clover; oh I wish they’d do it now
Well the girls would take me out to bathe when the weather it was mild
And in the stream we’d splash about like little shrimps awhile
They would throw the water over me and duck me like a cow
Then they’d rub me nice all over, oh, I wish they’d do it now
Oh, I wish they’d do it now, oh, I wish they’d do it now
They would rub me nice all over; oh I wish they’d do it now
Well it’s awful lonesome for a lad to lead a single life
I think I’ll go to the dance tonight and get meself a wife
Oh, me fortune is twelve sumpin’ pigs, likewise one big fat sow
There’ll be plenty love and bacon for the girl who’ll love me now
For the girl who’ll have me now, for the girl who’ll have me now
They’ll be plenty love and bacon for the girl who’ll have me now