Courtin' in the Kitchen

Come single Belle and Beau
Unto me pay attention
Don′t ever fall in love
Its the devil's own invention
For once I fell in love
With a maiden so bewitching
Miss Henrietta fell out of
Captain Kelly′s kitchen

With me tora lura la la
Me tora tura laddie
To ra lura la
Tura lura laddie

At the age of seventeen
I was apprenticed to a grocer
Not far from Stephen's green
Where miss Henri used to go, sir
Her manners were sublime
She sent me heart 'a′ twitching
And she invited me to a hooley
In the kitchen

With me tora lura la la
Me tora tura laddie
To ra lura la
Tura lura laddie

Next Sunday being the day
We were to have our flair up
I dressed meself right gay
And frizzed and ironed me hair up
The captain had no wife
And he had gone out fishing
So we picked up hellfire
Down below stairs in the kitchen

With me tora lura la la
Me tora tura laddie
To ra lura la
Tura lura laddie

As the bell on the clock struck six
We sat down to the table
She handed tea and cakes
And I ate what I was able
I drank hot punch and tea
′Till me sides they were 'a′ stitching
And the hours pass quick away
When you're courtin′ in the kitchen

With me tora lura la la
Me tora tura laddie
To ra lura la
Tura lura laddie

With me arms around her waist
She slyly hinted marriage
Through the door in fitful haste
Came Captain Kelly's carriage
Her eyes soon filled with hate
And poison she was spitting
When the Captain at the door
Walked right into the kitchen

With me tora lura la la
Me tora tura laddie
To ra lura la
Tura lura laddie

She flew up off me knees
Full five feet up or higher
And over head and heels
Threw me slop into the fire
Me new Reevers coat
That I bought from Mr Mitchell
With a twenty shilling note
Went to blazes in the kitchen

With me tora lura la la
Me tora tura laddie
To ra lura la
Tura lura laddie

I grieved to see me duds
All smeared in soot and ashes
And a tub of dirty suds
Right in my face she′s lashing
As I lay on the floor
And water she kept pitching
The footman broke the door
And walked right into the kitchen

With me tora lura la la
Me tora tura laddie
To ra lura la
Tura lura laddie

When the Captain came downstairs
He saw me situation
In spite of all me prayers
I was marched down to the station
For me they'd take no bail
But to get home I was itching
And I had to tell the tale
How I came into the kitchen

With me tora lura la la
Me tora tura laddie
To ra lura la
Tura lura laddie

I said she did invite me
But she gave a flat denial
Herself she did indict me
And I was sent for trial
She swore I robbed the house
In spite of all her screeching
And I got six months hard
For me courtin' in the kitchen

With me tora lura la la
Me tora tura laddie
To ra lura la
Tura lura laddie

End