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Come single belle and beau, unto me pay attention,
Don't ever fall in love, it's the devil's own invention;
First I fell in love with a maiden so bewitchin',
Miss Henrietta Bell out in Captain Kelly's Kitchen.
With me toora loora la, me toora loora laddie,
Me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie.
At the age of seventeen I was 'prenticed to a grocer,
Not far from Stephen's Green where Miss Henry used to go, sir;
Her manners were sublime, she set me heart a-twitchin',
When she invited me to a hooley in the kitchen.
With me toora loora la, me toora loora laddie,
Me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie.
Next Sunday bein' the day that we were to have the flare-up,
I dressed myself quite gay and I frizzed and oiled me hair up;
The captain had no wife and he had gone out fishin',
And we kicked up high life down below stairs in the kitchen.
With me toora loora la, me toora loora laddie,
Me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie.
With her arms around me waist, she slyly hinted marriage,
To the door in dreadful haste came Captain Kelly's carriage;
Her eyes were full of hate and poison she was spittin',
When the captain at the door and he walked right to the kitchen.
With me toora loora la, me toora loora laddie,
Me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie.
When the captain came downstairs, though he saw me situation,
In spite of all me prayers I was marched off to the station;
For me they'd take no bail, to get home I was itchin',
I had to tell me tale how I got caught in the kitchen.
With me toora loora la, me toora loora laddie,
Me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie.
Now, I said she did invite me, but she gave a flat denial,
For assault she did indict me, and I was sent for trial;
She swore I robbed the house in spite of all her screechin',
I got six months hard for me courtin' in the kitchen.
With me toora loora la, me toora loora laddie,
Me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie;
With me toora loora la, me toora loora laddie,
Me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie.
