Irish traditional song lyrics — collected by Beer Belly Band.
Me name is Jackie Stephenson this name I do advance
I own a little Galloway and I call her little Chance
Now Chance she has three greasy legs likewise a kittlely back
And gangin’ along the gangin’ plank kick you can hear the tune man’s knack
I was comin’ round the turn titty fa la titty fa lay
And she wouldn’t move on titty fa la titty fa lay
The tugs they made a click I got out of the way so quick
You buggers you broke the deputy’s cest titty fa la titty fa lay
Oh la la la la over the wall’s out
Well I knew a Gatesed lassie once her age was thirty four
She hadn’t been with a man and so her heart was very sore
One night as she was goin’ to bed she thought she heard a sound
And when she look beneath the bed a burglar there she found
She didn’t faint nor scream titty fa la titty fa lay
She didn’t shout nor roar titty fa la titty fa lay
When she saw it was a man begod she cried hooray
She got up and locked the door titty fa la titty fa lay
Oh me self and the wife and the mother in-law went down by the slivery sea
The mother in-law got into a boat a sailor she would be
She hadn’t past about thirty yards when suddenly there’s a sound
And when I looked beneath me shoulder there she was flapping about
Sez she I cannot swim titty fa la titty fa lay
Sez I now’s your chance to learn titty fa la titty fa lay
The wife she said you hound would you sit and watch her drowned
Sez I no I’ll close me eyes titty fa la titty fa lay
Oh la la la la over the wall’s out
Well the other I took a walk down the slivery shore
I saw O’Grady’s daughter standing by the door
She dragged me in for a cup of tea cause she was all alone
And when the tea was finished she said will I come again
I rub me hand along her thigh titty fa la titty fa lay
Cause I’m the boy to try titty fa la titty fa lay
She’s very found of me she loves to sit me on her knee
And I’m a bugger for tea titty fa la titty fa lay
Oh la la la la over the wall’s out