The Limerick Rake - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

I am a young fellow who's easy and bold

In Castletown Connors I'm very well known

In Newcastle West I spent many a note

With Kitty and Judy and Mary

My Father rebuked me for being such a rake

And for spending me time in such frolicsome ways

But I ne'er could forget the fair nature of Jane

Agus fágaimíd siúd mar atá sé

Would you haiden-de-hoden-de-haiden-de-hey!

Skilla-williy-ai-falla-loola-ladum-du-whack-fol-the-day

Someone sat on me hat and I lost my week's pay

Before the first light of the morning

If I chance for to go to the town of Rathkeale

All the girls around me will flock on the square

And some bring me poteen and others sweet cakes

For to treat me unknown to their oul' ones

There's one from Askeaton, there's one from the Pike

And another from Arda, my heart has beguiled

Tho' being from the mountains her stockings, they're white

Agus fágaimíd siúd mar atá sé

To quarrel for riches I ne’er was inclined

For the greatest of misers must leave them behind

I'll buy me a cow that will never run dry

And I'll milk her by twisting her horn

John Damer of Shronel had plenty of gold

And Devonshire's treasures, they're twenty times more!

But he's laid on his back among nettles and stones

Agus fágaimíd siúd mar atá sé

Now-a some say I'm foolish and more say I'm wise

But being fond of the women I think is no crime

For the son of King David had ten hundred wives

And his wisdom was highly regarded!

And now for the future, I mean to be wise

And I'll send for the women who acted so kind

And I'll marry them all on the morrow by and by

If the clergy agree to the bargain

Would you haiden-de-hoden-de-haiden-de-hey!

Skilla-williy-ai-falla-loola-ladum-du-whack-fol-the-day

Someone sat on me hat and I lost my week's pay

Agus fágaimíd siúd mar atá sé