I am a young fellow that's easy and bold,
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In Castletown Conner I'm very well known;
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In Newcastle West I spent many a night
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With Kitty and Judy and Mary.
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My parents rebuked me for being such a rake
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And for spending my time in such frolicsome ways,
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But I ne're could forget the good nature of Jenny,
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Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.
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There's some say I'm foolish, there's some say I'm wise,
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And I will find that there are women that think its no crime;
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The son of King David had ten thousand wives
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And his wisdom was highly regarded.
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In Euclid and grammar they taught me to write
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But my heart, it was stolen by a pair of brown thighs
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That came from the mountains, her stockings are white,
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I'd love to be tied to her garter.
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And some you'll fuss over, and some you'll forego
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In there Devonshire's treasure's are twenty times more,
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But he's lying on his back amongst nettles and stones,
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Agus fagaimid mar a ata se.
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And when I am dead and I'm laid to my rest
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My women and children will came at my wake,
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They'll gather around and they'll offer a prayer
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To the Lord for the soul of their father.
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The Limerick Rake
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