A Kiss In The Morning Early
Sung by Mick Hanley, recorded
by Niamh Parsons, and in O’Lochlainn’s “More Irish Street Ballads”
'Twas early one morning a
fair maid arose
And dressed herself up in the
finest of clothes
And off to the shoemaker's
shop sure she goes
For the kiss in the morning
early
The cobbler arose and he soon
let her in
His awl and his hammer were
neat as a pin
And he had the will for to
greet her so slim
With a kiss in the morning
early
O Cobbler, o cobbler, 'tis
soon we'll be wed
And nestling together in a
fine feather bed
So give me two shoes with two
buckles of red
For my kiss in the morning
early
The maid hid the shoes at the
back of her waist
She praised his good cobbling
and shoemaker's taste
And home to her father she
mournfully faced
And it was in the morning
early
O Father, o Father, I've got
me a man
And he is the one I would wed
if I can
As handsome as ever in
leather did stand
For my kiss in the morning
early
So the father was thinking
and thinking again
For to wed her to riches and
have him for kin
Who knows but it might be a
prince or a king
That she met in the morning
early
Who knows but it might be a
jobber from town
Or a wealthy sea captain
who's sailed the world round
A man with some thousands and
thousands of pounds
That she met in the morning
early
So the father was smiling,
his daughter embraced
And touching the buckles he
drew back in haste
He spied the red shoes that
were tied round her waist
Oh it was in the morning
early
O daughter, o daughter, he
started to shout
When he did discover what she
was about
God knows 'twas none but that
old cobbling clout
That you met in the morning
early
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