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Title
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Tinker's courtship
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Singer
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Wise, William
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
In Dublin there once did dwell,
A pretty fine girl and I knew her well;
Her age it was just twenty two,
And for a man she had to do.
Chorus
Sing fol the rol lara li gee o,
Fol the rol lara li gee o.
Verse 2
The gentleman being come home one day,
The tinker with her did skip and play;
He courted her behind the door,
And there he kissed her o'er and o'er.
Chorus
Verse 3
Now when this courtship was at an end,
She tipped him twenty guineas in hand;
Saying - 'Call again as soon as you can,
I'll find you another old kettle to mend.'
Chorus
Verse 4
Now, if all be true as I've been told,
The tinker he spent all the gold;
Then he must do as he'd done before,
And kiss the girl behind the door.
