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While going to the fair in Dingle one fine morning last July
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And walking down the road before me a red-haired girl I chanced to spy.
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Keep your hands off red-haired Mary
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Her and I are to be wed,
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We're seein' the priest this very morning
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Tonight we'll lie in the marriage bed.
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"Come ride with me my red-haired maiden, the donkey he will carry two,"
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She looked at me with eyes atwinkle, her cheeks a lovely rosy hue.
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"Thank you kindly, sir," she answered, then she tossed her bright red hair,
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"Seeing as you have the donkey I'll ride with you to the Dingle Fair."
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Keep your hands off red-haired Mary
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Her and I are to be wed,
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We're seein' the priest this very morning
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Tonight we'll lie in the marriage bed.
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When we reached the town of Dingle, I took her hand to say goodbye,
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A traveller he stepped up behind me and hit me right in my left eye.
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Now I was feeling kind of peevish, my poor eye felt sad and sore
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I tapped him gently with my hobnails, and he flew back through Murphy's door.
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Keep your hands off red-haired Mary
C
Her and I are to be wed,
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We're seein' the priest this very morning
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Tonight we'll lie in the marriage bed.
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He galloped off to find his father, the tallest man I e'er did meet
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He tapped me gently with his knuckles, now I am minus two front teeth.
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Round the corner came a peeler, told me that I'd broke the law
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The donkey kicked him in the kneecap, he fell down and broke his jaw.
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Keep your hands off red-haired Mary
C
Her and I are to be wed,
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We're seein' the priest this very morning
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Tonight we'll lie in the marriage bed.
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Now the red-haired girl she kept on smiling, "I'll come along with you" she said
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"We'll forget the priest this very morning, and tonight we'll sleep in Murphy's shed
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Keep your hands off red-haired Mary
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Her and I are off to bed
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Forget the priest this very morning
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Tonight we'll lie in Murphy's shed.
