[00:00.62]It was on a summer's evening
[00:02.95]All in the month of may
[00:05.08]Down by yon shady arbor
[00:07.02]I carelessly did stray
[00:08.45]
[00:09.09]It was there I met a charming girl
[00:11.01]More pleasing to my view
[00:12.69]
[00:13.54]And the title that she gave herself
[00:15.78]Was the maid of ballydoo
[00:17.00]
[00:18.62]I gently stepped up to her
[00:20.78]And unto her did say
[00:22.03]
[00:22.90]Are you arora or flora queen of may
[00:26.40]Or are you pray fair ellen
[00:27.96]
[00:28.49]That appears all in my view
[00:29.76]
[00:30.91]But the title that she gave herself
[00:32.99]Was the maid of ballydoo
[00:34.28]
[00:35.83]I took her by the lily white hand
[00:38.15]And by the waist so small
[00:39.49]
[00:40.00]I showed her my father's garden
[00:41.68]Down by the river bann
[00:42.96]
[00:43.80]Where the kid and lamb do sport and play
[00:45.88]The trout and salmon too
[00:47.00]
[00:48.26]And says I young maid
[00:49.63]Don't be afraid for to leave sweet ballydoo
[00:51.49]
[00:53.12]It was with great persuasion
[00:55.04]That I got her for to give consent
[00:56.96]And hand in hand together
[00:58.64]Then to hilltown down we went
[01:01.17]We there got liquor of the best
[01:03.11]And some of the mountain dew
[01:04.53]
[01:05.68]And she soon forgot the vow
[01:07.33]She made when leaving ballydoo
[01:08.73]
[01:10.60]It was on a summer's evening
[01:12.69]All in the month of june
[01:14.21]
[01:14.82]I was sitting silently
[01:16.61]Condoling at my loom
[01:18.62]My scissors they sang sweetly
[01:20.52]And my shuttle nimbly flew
[01:22.25]
[01:23.44]When I first composed
[01:24.76]These verses on the maid of ballydoo
[01:27.97]The Maid Of Ballydoo - David Hammond