Woman's lyrics in green
As I was a-walkin' down a London street
A pretty little oyster girl I chanc-ed for to meet
I lifted up her basket and then boldly I did peek
Just to see if she had any oysters
"Oh oysters, oh oysters, oh oysters," said me
"These are the finest oysters that you will ever see
I sell 'em three a penny but I'll give 'em to you free
'Cause I tell that you're a lover of oysters"
"Oh landlord, oh landlord, oh landlord," I cried
Have you got a little room that's empty and nearby
Where me and me bonnie little oyster girl may lie
As we bargain for a basket of oysters?"
Well, we hadn't been upstairs half an hour or more
When the pretty little oyster girl, she opened up the door
I went and picked his pocket and then down the stairs I tore
And I left him with me basket of oysters!
"Oh landlord, oh landlord, oh landlord," I cried
"Did you see the little oyster girl a-drinkin' by my side
She went and picked me pocket!" But the landlord just replied,
"Ah, you shouldn't be so fond of your oysters!"
So all you jolly lads be advised by me
If you meet a little oyster girl and you would merry be
Put a lock upon your trousers and then throw away the key
Or you'll never get a taste of her oysters!
Woman's lyrics in green
Singing together in black
I was going to the fair at Dingle
Late on morning last July
When up the road ahead of him
A red-haired girl he chanced to spy. [puts a thumb out or shows some cheesecake]
I went up to her and said, "Ah, young lady,
My doney, he can carry two."
"Well, seein' as you have a donkey
To the Dingle Fair I'll ride with you."
Now when we reached the fair at Dingle
I kissed her hand to say goodbye
When my tinker man stepped up to him
And he belted me in my right eye!
CHORUS 1:
Keep your hands off red-haired Mary
Her and I will soon be wed [looks up in alarm]
We'll see a priest this very morning [head shaking, negative gestures]
And tonght we'll lie in a marriage bed
Now I was feeling kind of peevish
And me poor old eye was sad and sore
So I gently nudged him with me hobnails
And he flew back through Murphy's door!
CHORUS 1
A policeman came around the corner
And he said, "Young man, you've broke the law."
Me donkey kicked him in the kneecaps
And he fell down and broke his jaw
CHORUS 1
Then my tinker went and found his brother
The biggest...biggest man you ever did meet **
He gently tapped me with his knuckles
And I was minus two front teeth
CHORUS 1
But the red-haired girl, she kept on smilin'
"I will go with you, young man," I said.
"Forget the priest this very morning
And tonight we'll lie in Murphy's bed!"
CHORUS 2
Keep your hands on red-haired Mary [take hands of Man]
You and I won't soon be wed
Forget the priest this very morning
And tonight we'll lie in Murphy's shed
We wandered 'round the fair together
His black eye and her red hair
Smilin' gaily at the tinkers
And, begod, we made a handsome pair!
CHORUS 2 (together)
** For comic effect, on the first biggest, I bring my hands down and out in a swooping gesture that ends up right in the pelvic area. Slight pause as Mary considers this bit of Too Much Information...then repeat biggest with a level hand-over-the-head action showing "tallest."
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