[Verse]
I am a young fellow who's easy and bold,
In Castletown Connors I'm very well known,
In Newcastle West I spent many a note,
With Kitty and Judy and Mary,
My Father rebuked me for being such a rake,
And for spending me time in such frolicsome ways,
But I ne'er could forget the fair nature of Jane,
Agus fágaimíd siúd mar atá sé.

[Chorus]
Would you haiden-de-hoden-de-haiden-de-hey!
Skilla-williy-ai-falla-loola-ladum-du-whack-fol-the-day,
Someone sat on me hat and I lost my week's pay,
Before the first light of the morning.

[Verse]
If I chance for to go to the town of Rathkeale,
All the girls around me will flock on the square,
And some bring me poteen and others sweet cakes,
For to treat me unknown to their old ones,
There's one from Askeaton, there's one from the Pike,
And another from Arda, my heart has beguiled,
Tho' being from the mountains her stockings, they're white,
Agus fágaimíd siúd mar atá sé.

To quarrel for riches I ne'er was inclined,
For the greatest of misers must leave them behind,
I'll buy me a cow that will never run dry,
And I'll milk her by twisting her horn
John Damer of Shronel had plenty of gold,
And Devonshire's treasures, they're twenty times more!
But he's laid on his back among nettles and stones,
Agus fágaimíd siúd mar atá sé.

Now a some say I'm foolish and more say I'm wise,
But being fond of the women I think is no crime,
For the son of King David had ten hundred wives,
And his wisdom was highly regarded!
And now for the future, I mean to be wise,
And I'll send for the women who acted so kind,
And I'll marry them all on the morrow by and by,
If the clergy agree to the bargain.

[Chorus]
Would you haiden-de-hoden-de-haiden-de-hey!
Skilla-williy-ai-falla-loola-ladum-du-whack-fol-the-day,
Someone sat on me hat and I lost my week's pay,
Agus fágaimíd siúd mar atá sé.