Misc Traditional – The Maid Of Cabra West (Guitar)

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It was all for the love of a fair young maid

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 In Cabra West did reside

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Meself, I live up in Donnybrook

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It’s a one-and-a-fipenny ride

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But there was a fly in the ointment now

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That you very seldom see

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For although I loved her terrible well

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She was in love with a Portugee!

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Now he was a nasty piece of goods

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Gonzales was his name

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And he couldn’t wait for to get his hands

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On Concepta, who was me dame!

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So I made a vow be the Grand Canal

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That I would do him in

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’Cos I did not like them Portugees

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And in particular I didn’t like him!

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So I follied them up to Grafton Street

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One evening just for fun

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Around by the Mercer’s Hospital

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It’s next door to the Bartley Dunne!

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I spied them sitting in the corner seat

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They was kissing and holding hands

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And there he was seducing her

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With pints of Babycham

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So I follied him back to his lodgings

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In Rathgar or thereabouts

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And as he was going up an alleyway

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I battered him inside out

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He gave out many’s the curse and swear

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Til he was dead, I’m sure

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Then I lifted up the manhole lid

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And I dropped him down the sewer

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Now when the mot she heard of this

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Sure she made me life a hell

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So just for the sake of peace and quiet

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I did her in as well

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And it’s now I'm up before the judge

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To answer for me crime

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He says, “I wouldn't mind the first one, son,

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Ah, but not the second time”

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So it’s all for the love of that fair young maid

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And her Portuguese Sailor Boy

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For the passionate love of that fair young maid

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I landed in Mountjoy

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And if ever I get out again.

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My life I’ll change, you’ll see

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And I'll marry with a mot from Walkinstown

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Who wouldn’t look at a Portugee!……

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And I'll marry with a mot from Walkinstown

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Who wouldn’t look at a Portugee!