Intro:
G5 G5 G5 G5 D5
G5 G5 G5 CDG5
G5 D5
Come single belle and beau unto me pay attention
G5 C5 D5
Don't ever fall in love - it's the devil's own invention
G5 B5 C5 * D5 *
Once I fell in love with a lady so bewitching
E5 * D5 * C5 * D5 *
Miss Henrietta Bell down in Captain Kelly's Kitchen
G5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 C5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 C5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 D5
At the age of seventeen I was apprentice to a grocer
G5 C5 D5
Not far from Stephen's Green where Miss Henri used to go, sir
G5 B5 C5 * D5 *
Her manners were so fine, she set my heart a twitchin'
E5 * D5 * C5 * D5 *
She invited me to a Courtin' in the Kitchen!
G5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 C5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 C5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 D5
Next Sunday be the day that we were to have our flare up
G5 C5 D5
I dressed meself quite gay and I frizzed and oiled me hair up
G5 B5 C5 * D5 *
The captain had no wife, he had gone a fishin'
E5 * D5 * C5 * D5 *
So we kicked up our life to a hooley in her kitchen!
G5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 C5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 C5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
[solo section]
G5 G5 G5 G5 D5
G5 G5 G5 CDG5
(repeat 4 times)
[end solo]
G5 D5
She slipped up to her room , I said: "Good Lord Almighty!"
G5 C5 (stop)
She came back down the stairs wearing nothing but her nighty!
G5 B5 C5 * D5 *
With her arms around me waist she slyly hinted marriage
E5 * D5 * C5 * D5 *
When to the door in haste came Captain Kelly's carriage!
G5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 C5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 C5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 D5
Well the Captain came downstairs though he saw me situation
G5 C5 D5
In spite of all me prayers I was marched off to the station
G5 B5 C5 * D5 *
For me they set no bail though to get home I was itchen'
E5 * D5 * C5 * D5 *
And I had to tell the tale of how I came into that kitchen
G5 D5
Well I swore she did invite me though she gave a flat denial
G5 C5 D5
For assault they did indict me and I was sent for trial
G5 B5 C5 * D5 *
She swore I robbed the house in spite of all me screechin'
E5 * D5 * C5 * D5 *
And I got six months hard for me courtin' in the kitchen!
G5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 C5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G5 C5 D5
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy...
...
