[Verse]
In the village of Kildorey lived a maiden young and fair,
Her eyes shone like diamonds, she had long and golden hair,
When the countryman came riding up to her father's gate,
Mounted on the milk-white stallion, he came at the stroke of eight.
[Chorus]
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter,
Step it out Mary if you can,
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter,
Show your legs to the countryman.
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter,
Step it out Mary if you can,
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter,
Show your legs to the countryman,
Show your legs to the countryman.
[Verse]
"I have come to court your daughter, Mary of the golden hair,
I have land and I have money, I have goods beyond compare,
I'll buy her silks and satins and a gold ring for her hand.,
I will buy her a mansion, she'll have servants to command."
[Chorus]
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter,
Step it out Mary if you can,
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter,
Show your legs to the countryman.
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter,
Step it out Mary if you can,
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter,
Show your legs to the countryman,
Show your legs to the countryman.
[Verse]
"But kind sir, I love a soldier, I have pledged to him my hand,
I don't want your silks or satins, I don't want your gold or land",
Mary's father spoke up sharply, "You will do as you are told,
You'll be married on a Sunday and you'll wear that ring of gold."
[Chorus]
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter,
Step it out Mary if you can,
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter,
Show your legs to the countryman.
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter,
Step it out Mary if you can,
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter,
Show your legs to the countryman,
Show your legs to the countryman.
[Verse]
In the village of Kildorey, there's a deep stream running by,
They found Mary dead at midnight, she had drowned with the soldier boy.
In the cottage there is music, you can hear her father say,
"Step it out, Mary, my fine daughter, Sunday is your wedding day."
[Chorus]
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter,
Step it out Mary if you can,
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter,
Show your legs to the countryman.
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter,
Step it out Mary if you can,
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter,
Show your legs to the countryman,
Show your legs to the countryman.