Key: E major•
Verse 1
called the Tinkers.
They're sort of like the gypsies.
They wander around
the byroads of Ireland.
They make their living
by mending pots and pans,
stealing chickens,
trading horses,
things like that.
But if you ever go to Ireland,
be sure to keep away from them.
For one thing you'll get fleas
and for another thing they're very prolific
so watch it but anyhow
when I was tinkering Ireland
I had some very strange
things happen to me
here's the story about one of them
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as I went down a shady lane
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at a door a chance to knock
Have you any pots or kettles
with rusty holes to block?
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Oh, well, indeed I have,
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Tell me rightful, Laura, laddie,
The missus came out to the door
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and she asked me to come in.
Said, you're welcome, jolly tinker,
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Tell me rightful, Laura, laddie,
She took me through the kitchen
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and she led me through the hall
And the seraphims cried,
the devil has he come to block us all
Oh well indeed I have,
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To me rightful lord a laddie,
She took me up the stairs,
me lads,
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to show me what to do
And she fell on the feather bed
and I fell on it too
Oh well indeed I did,
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To me right for Laura, laddie,
She then picked up the frying pan
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and she began to knock
For to let the servants know,
me lads,
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To me right for Laura, laddie,
She put her hand into her pocket
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and she pulled out twenty pound
Say, take this, me jolly tinker,
and we'll have another round.
Oh, well, indeed we will.
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Do me right for Laura, laddie.
Well, I've been a jolly tinker
for these forty years or more.
is that I never did before.
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Do me right for Laura, laddie.
Well, indeed I didn't.
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