Irish Come-All-Ye's; A Repository of Ancient Irish Songs and Ballads--Comprising Patriotic, Descriptive, Historical and Humorous Gems, Characteristic

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...the lights and left all in the dark.--Chorus. All the ladies shrieked with fear, but when the boys their sides got near, And tenderly placed a right arm 'round each waist, They said: Isn't the darkness nice? oh, dear! Something smack'd, and tho' each Miss when lights were bro't soon told us this, They'd snapped a gold ear-ring, yet still I am fearing The snap was nothing but a kiss; When the fighting was done, then we did have some fun, Boys lost their pains, readjusted their brains; If they'd broken one leg, sure they danced upon one; Though for weeks they were sore, each man ferventlv 3wore, Never, oh, never did any one ever see Such an affair as Macarthy's before.--Chorus. LOVE'S WARNING. A Fair lady once, with her young lover walked, Gillyflower, gentle rosemary; Through a garden, and sweetly they laughed and they talked, While the dews fell over the mulberry tree. She gave him a rose--while he sighed for a, kiss, Gillyflower, gentle rosemary; Quoth he, as he took it, I kiss thee in this, While the dews fell over the mulberry tree. She gave him a lily less white than her breast, Gillyflower, gentle rosemary; Quoth he, 'Twill remind me of one I love beat; While the dews fell over the mulberry tree. She gave him a two faces under a hood, Gillyflower, gentle rosemary; How blest you could make me, ' quoth he, if you would, While the dews fell over the mulberry tree. She saw a forget-me-not flower in the grass, She saw a for get-me-not flower in the grass, Gillyflower, gentle rosemary; Ah! why did the lady that little flower pass? While the dews fell over the mulberry tree. The young lover saw that she passed it, and sigh'd, Gillyflower, gentle rosemary; They say his heart broke, and he certainly died, Wh...