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Artist: Traditional
Canonical path: /traditional/the-jolly-tinker
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The Jolly Tinker
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The Jolly Tinker
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As I went down a shady lane, as a door I chanced to knock
Have you any pots or kettles with rusty holes to block?
Well, indeed I have, don't you know I have?
To me rightful loora laddie, well, indeed I have
The missus came out to the door and she asked me to come in
Sayin': "You're welcome jolly tinker and I hope you brought your tin?"
Well, indeed I did, don't you know I did?
To me rightful loora laddie, well, indeed I did
She took me through the kitchen and she led me through the hall
And the servants cried: "The divil, has he come to block us all?"
Well, indeed I have, don't you know I have?
To me rightful loora laddie, well, indeed I have
She took me up the stairs, me lads, to show me what to do
And she fell on the featherbed and I fell on it too
Well, indeed I did, don't you know I did?
To me rightful loora laddie, well, indeed I did
She then picked up the frying-pan and she began to knock
For to let the servants know, me lads, that I was at me work
Well, indeed I was, don't you know I was?
To me rightful loora laddie, well, indeed I was
She put her hand into her pocket and she pulled out twenty pound
Say: "Take this me jolly tinker and we'll have another round
Well, indeed we will, don't you know we will?
To me rightful loora laddie, well, indeed we will
Well, I've been a jolly tinker for this forty years or more
Oh, but such a lovely job as that I never did before
Well, indeed I didn't, don't you know I didn't?
To me rightful loora laddie
Well, indeed I didn't
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