Come sing the bell and bow,
and to me pay attention
Don't ever fall in love,
for it is the devil's own invention
For once I fell in love with a
maiden so bewitchin'
Miss Henrietta Bell out of
Captain Kelly's kitchen
Come a -toodle -oodle -aye,
a -toodle -oodle -liddy
A -toodle -oodle -aye,
a -toodle -oodle -liddy
At the age of seventeen
I was prenticed to a grocer
Not far from Stephen's Green,
where Miss Henry used to ghost her
Her manner was sublime,
she set me hard at twitching
She invited me to a hooli in the kitchen
Come a -toodle -oodle -aye,
a -toodle -oodle -lady
A -toodle -oodle -aye,
a -toodle -oodle -lady
Next Sunday being the day
we were to huff the flare up
I dressed meself quite gay
and I oiled and fizzed me hair up
The captain wasn't home,
ah no, he had gone fishing
So we kicked up high life,
down below in the kitchen dome
A -toodle -oodle -lie, a -toodle -oodle -lady,
a -toodle -oodle -lie,
a -toodle -oodle -lady
With her arms around me waist,
she slightly hinted marriage
To the door in dreadful haste
came Captain Kelly's carriage
Her eyes so filled with hate and poison
she was spittin'
When the captain at the door
walked right into the kitchen dome
Come a -toodle -oodle -aye,
a -toodle -oodle -lady,
a -toodle -oodle -aye,
a -toodle -oodle -daddy.
When the captain came downstairs,
oh, he saw me situation.
In spite of all me prayers,
I was marched off to the station.
For me they take no bail,
but I get home I was itchin'.
I had to tell the tale
of how I came into the kitchen.
Come a -toodle -oodle -aye,
a -toodle -oodle -lady,
a -toodle -oodle -aye,
a -toodle -oodle -lady.
I said she did invite me,
but she gave a flat denial
Parasolti did indict me,
and I was sent for trial
She swore I'd rob the house,
in spite of all her screeching
And I got six months hard for me
courting in that kitchen
Ha -to -da -lo -da -lai,
Ha -to -da -lo -da -la -dee,
Ha -to -da -lo -da -lai,
Ha -to -da -lo -da -la -dee,
Ha -to -da -lo -da -lai,
Ha -to -da -lo -da -la -dee,
Ha -to -da -lo -da -lai,
Ha -to -da -lo -da -la -dee, you