Courtin' in the Kitchen

Traditional
(Donal Hegarty)

Come single belle and beau, come to me, pay attention
Don't ever fall in love, it's the Devil's own invention.
For once I fell in love with a maiden so bewitchin'
Miss Henrietta Bell, down in Captain Kelly's kitchen

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     With my toora loora la, my toora loora laddy
     Ah toora loora la, ri toora loora laddy.

Now next Sunday being the day that we were to have the flare-up
I dressed myself quite gay, an' I greased and oiled my hair up
The Captain had no wife, now he had gone out a-fishin'
And we kicked up high life, down below-stairs in the kitchen.

With her arm around my waist and she slyly hinting marriage
Through the door in dreadful haste came Captain Kelly's carriage!
She jumped up off my knee, well five feet or higher
And a twenty shilling note went to blazes in the fire.

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Well I said she did invite me, but she gave a flat denial
On that they did indict me, and I was sent for trial.
She swore I robbed the house, 'twas poison she was spitting,
And I got six months hard, for my courting in the kitchen.

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