Lyrics:

Come single guy and gal unto me pay attention**lf**Don''t ever fall in love**lf**It''s the devil''s own invention**lf**For once he fell in love with a maiden so bewitching**lf**Miss Henrietta Bell down in Captain Kelly''s kitchen**lf****lf**CHORUS:**lf**With me toora loora la, me toora loora laddie**lf**Me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie**lf****lf**At the age of seventeen I apprenticed to a grocer**lf**Not far from Stephen''s Green**lf**Where Miss Henri'' used to go sir**lf**Her manners were sublime she set my heart a-twitchin''**lf**When she invited me to a party in the kitchen**lf****lf**CHORUS:**lf**With me toora loora la, me toora loora laddie**lf**Me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie**lf****lf**Sunday was the day that they were to have their flare-up**lf**He dressed himself quite gay**lf**I frizzed and oiled my hair up**lf**The Captain had no wife and he had gone a-fishin''**lf**She groped me on the stairs beneath the old man''s kitchen**lf****lf**CHORUS:**lf**With me toora loora la, me toora loora laddie**lf**Me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie**lf****lf**Her arms around my waist she slyly hinted marriage**lf**When to the door in haste came Captain Kelly''s carriage**lf**Her eyes were full of hate and poison she was spittin''**lf**The Captain kicked the door in and stormed into the kitchen**lf****lf**CHORUS:**lf**With me toora loora la, me toora loora laddie**lf**Me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie**lf****lf**When the Captain came downstairs he saw my situation**lf**In spite of all his prayers he was marched off to the station**lf**For him they''d take no bail**lf**To get home I was itchin''**lf**He had to tell the tale how I came into the kitchen**lf****lf**CHORUS:**lf**With me toora loora la, me toora loora laddie**lf**Me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie**lf****lf**I said she did invite me**lf**But she gave flat denial**lf**For assault she did indict me and I was sent for trial**lf**She swore he''d robbed her house**lf**In spite of all her screechin''**lf**I got six months hard**lf**For his courtin'' in the kitchen**lf****lf**CHORUS:**lf**With me toora loora la, me toora loora laddie**lf**Me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie