I am a young fellow that's easy and bold
In Castletown Conners I'm very well known
In Newcastle West I spent many a note
With Kitty and Jenny and Mary
My parents rebuked me for being such a rake
And spending my time in such frolicsome ways
But I ne've could forget the good nature of Jane
Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se
There's some say I'm foolish there's more say I'm wise
For love of the women I'm sure 'tis no crime
For the son of King David had ten thousand wives
And his wisdom is highly recorded
If I chance for to go to the town of Rathkeel
The girls all around me do flock on the square
Some give me a bottle and others sweetcakes
To treat me unknown to their parents
There's one from Askeaton and one from the Pyke
And another from Ardour my heart was beguiled
And being from the mountains her stockings were white
Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se
John Damer of Shronel had plenty of gold
And Devonshire's treasure was twenty times more
But he's laid on his back among nettles and stones
Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se
And when I'm on my back and I'm laid to rest
The women will crowd for to cry at my wake
And their sons and their daughters will utter their prayers
To the Lord for the sake of their father