Dublin City
Sung by Seamus Ennis.
Recorded by Alan Lomax in Dublin, Ireland, in 1951.
As I walked through Dublin city,at the hour of twelve at night,
Who should I see but a maiden beauty,
combing her hair with a four-pronged pike.
Turry-idle-ido-dido-dido,
Turry-idle-ido-dido-day.
As I walked again through Dublin,
on the same or another night,
Who should I see but the same fair maiden,
counting her cash by the candlelight.
Additional verses:
[I says, "Fair maid,
I come you a-courting, your fine features for to win,
If you'll kindly entertain me,
some dark night I'll call again."
She says, "Kindsir, you've come me a-courting,
my fine features for to win,
And if I kindly entertain you, you may never call again."
She sent me very tight all over,
including the crown of my old hat,
I pulled out my "pouse" revolver and let fly
a terrible shot.
When I heard the answer that she made me,
1 called her a bloody bean.
"Don't you know to whom you're talking?
I am Linnehanfrom Lisheen."
"I have gold and I have money,
I have cattle and I have land,
I have ships upon the ocean
ready to sail at my command."
"1 don't want your gold or money,
I don't want your cattle and land,
I don't want your ships from the ocean,
all I want is a fine young man."]
Courtin' women is foolish folly,
and marryin' women is just the same.
Courtin' women when they're not ivittin'
is like throwin' water against the stream.