I was born in sweet Kilarney
     one day when I was young
     I guess that is the reason
     I've a Blarney on me tongue
     I was the picture of me father
     the doctor did allow
     the girls all ran to kiss me then
     I wish they'd do it now

Chorus:
     Oh, I wish they'd do it now
     oh, I wish they'd do it now
     (the girls all ran to kiss me then)
     I wish they'd do it now

Then as I grew older      the girls would laugh with glee      they'd press me to their bosom      and they'd nurse me on their knee      they'd rock me in the cradle      and if I made a row      they'd take me in to sleep with them      I wish they'd do it now Chorus:      At twelve years old , a finer boy      I'm sure was never seen      for the girls would take me out to play      upon the meadow green      they'd pick me all the buttercups      to deck my boyish brow      they'd roll me out upon the grass      I wish they'd do it now

Chorus:

     The girls would take me out to bathe
     when the weather it was mild
     there we'd roll and splash about
     like little shrimp so wild
     they'd splash the water till it shone
     like pearls upon my brow
     they'd dry me nice all over
     I wish they'd do it now

Chorus:

     Me father sent me off to school
     to learn my A B C
     the little girls in my class
     they would not let me be
     they'd pinch me in me breaches
     that's not fair you'll allow
     the master used to whack me then
     I wish he'd do it now

Chorus:

     It's very lonesome for a boy
     to lead the single life
     tonight I've made up my mind
     to find myself a wife
     my fortune is three thumping pigs
     likewise a big old sow
     there'll be lots of love and bacon
     for the girl who'll have me now
 
Chorus:
     For the girl who'll have me now
     for the girl who'll have me now
     there'll be lots of love and bacon
     for the girl who'll have me now