Kitty From Ballinamore

Oh when I was young and full of fun like many's a dashing blade

My own delight from morn to night was to court a comely maid

I'd walk with her and talk with her as thousands have done before

Oh but it's little I knew she would prove untrue, wee Kitty from Ballinamore

Young Kitty was tall and handsome and gentle as a dove

Ten times a day she used to say with me she was in love

Oh when she'd say this, I'd have a kiss, I would love her more and more

For without a lie I would then die for Kitty from Ballinamore

Oh it was her parents I must blame to leave her in such a state

Although I was poor, they couldn't endure for to court their daughter, Kate

Although I loved her dearly and told them o'er and o'er

For without a lie I would then die for Kitty from Ballinamore

"Well indeed, my love," says Kitty, "I'd rather be a soldier's wife

To dress myself in man's attire, go fight for all of my life"

So the very next day he sailed away and joined the foreign force

For without a lie he would then die for Kitty from Ballinamore

But I was not very long listed when a letter I did receive

And when I read the answer I thought I'd get some ease

But the very first line that I did read, it grieved my heart full sore

For young Kitty was wed to a farmer's son in the town of Ballinamore

So come all you pretty, fair, young men, a warning take by me

Don't fall in love with every wee girl that you see

For they'll tell you this and they'll tell you that and they'll do like they done before

They will curl their hair and leave you there like Kitty from Ballinamore