Willie Taylor and his youthful lover
Full of mirth and loyalty
They were going the church to be married
He was pressed and sent on sea
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum dum dum
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum day
She dressed herself up like a sailor
On her breast she wore a star
Her beautiful fingers, long and slender
She gave them all just a smear of tar
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum dum dum
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum day
On the ship there being a skirmish
She being one amongst the rest
The silver buckle flew off her jacket
There appeared her snow white breast
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum dum dum
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum day
Said the captain to this fair maid
What misfortune has took you here
I'm in search of my true lover
Whom you pressed on the other year
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum dum dum
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum day
If you're in search of your true lover
Pray come tell to me his name
Willie Taylor they do call him
But Fitzgerald is his name
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum dum dum
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum day
Let you get up tomorrow morning
Early as the break of day
There you'll find your Willie Taylor
Walking along with his lady gay
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum dum dum
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum day
She got up the very next morning
Early as the break of day
There she spied her Willie Taylor
Walking along with his lady gay
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum dum dum
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum day
She drew out a brace of pistols
That she had at her command
There she shot her Willie Taylor
With his bride at his right hand
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum dum dum
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum day
When the captain came to here it
Of the deeds that she had done
He made her a ship's commander
Over a vessel to the Isle of Man
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum dum dum
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum day
