Bold O'DonoghueOh here I am from Paddy's land a land of high renown I broke the hearts of all the girls from miles of Keady town And when they hear that I'm away they raise a hull a balloo When they hear about the handsome lad they call O'Donoghue For I'm the boy to please her and I'm the boy to tease her And I'm the lad to sqeeze her and I'll tell you what I'll do I'll court her like an Irishman with me broque and blarney too Is me plan with me rollikin swollikin gollkin wollikin cold O'Donoghue I wish me love was a red, red rose growin' on yon garden wall And me to be a dew drop and upon her brow I'll fall Perhaps now she might think of me as a rather heavy dew No more she'd love the handsome lad they call O'Donoghue For I'm the boy to please her and I'm the boy to tease her And I'm the lad to sqeeze her and I'll tell you what I'll do I'll court her like an Irishman with me broque and blarney too Is me plan with me rollikin swollikin gollkin wollikin cold O'Donoghue They say that Queen Victoria has a daughter fine and grand Perhaps she'd take it into her head for to marry an Irish man And I could only get the chance to have a word or two Perhaps she'd take a notion in the bould O'Donoghue For I'm the boy to please her and I'm the boy to tease her And I'm the lad to sqeeze her and I'll tell you what I'll do I'll court her like an Irishman with me broque and blarney too Is me plan with me rollikin swollikin gollkin wollikin cold O'Donoghue |