Courtin' In The Kitchen
(As sung by Anthony and Patrick on Solo Tours)
Traditional
Come single belle and beau,
Unto me pay attention
Don't ever fall in love,
Tis the devil's own invention
For once I fell in love
With a maiden so bewitchin'
Miss Henrietta Bell
Down in Captain Kelly's Kitchen.
Sing too-rah-loo-ra-lay,
Sing too-rah-loo-ra-laddie,
Sing too-rah-too-ra-lay,
Singin’ too-rah-loo-ra-laddie.
At the age of seventeen
I was 'prenticed to a grocer
Not far from Stephen's Green
Where Miss Henri used to go sir
Her manners were sublime,
She’d set me heart a twitchin'
When she invited me
To a hooley in the kitchen.
Sing too-rah-loo-ra-lay,
Sing too-rah-loo-ra-laddie,
Sing too-rah-too-ra-lay,
Singin’ too-rah-loo-ra-laddie.
Sunday being the day
We were to have the flare up
I dressed meself I say
And I frizzed an oiled me hair up
The captain had no wife
And he'd gone a’ fishin'
So we kicked up highlife
Below the stairs in the kitchen.
Sing too-rah-loo-ra-lay,
Sing too-rah-loo-ra-laddie,
Sing too-rah-too-ra-lay,
Singin’ too-rah-loo-ra-laddie.
Paddy’s verse:
With me arms around her waist,
She slyly hinted marriage
When to the door in haste
Came Captain Kelly's carriage
Her looks told me full well
And they were not bewitchin'
She wished I'd get to hell,
Or somewhere far from the kitchen.
Sing too-rah-loo-ra-lay,
Sing too-rah-loo-ra-laddie,
Sing too-rah-too-ra-lay,
Singin’ too-rah-loo-ra-laddie.
Back to Anthony:
When the Captain came downstairs
Though he seen me situation
Despite all me prayers
I was marched off to the station
For me they'd take no bail
Though to get home I was itchin'
And I had to tell the tale
How I came in to the kitchen.
Sing too-rah-loo-ra-lay,
Sing too-rah-loo-ra-laddie,
Sing too-rah-too-ra-lay,
Singin’ too-rah-loo-ra-laddie.
I said she did invite me,
But she gave a flat denial
For assault she did indict me
And I was sent for trial
She swore I'd robbed the house
In spite of all her screamin'
And I got six months hard
For me courtin' in the kitchen.
Sing too-rah-loo-ra-lay,
Sing too-rah-loo-ra-laddie,
Sing too-rah-too-ra-lay,
Singin’ too-rah-loo-ra-laddie.
