 | Crazy Jane |  |
KATHLEEN THAIL.
This kingdom I rambled in different quarters,
In search of my darling, she is Katty by name,
She's beauteous, she's virtuous, she's civil, and she's charming,
She's modest my darling, and subject to fame,
In tears she has left me to travel this nation,
And fixed was my fortune in every sad station,
Still frowning and fretting with grief and vexation,
Dispairing of this beautiful dame.
In search of my darling, she is Katty by name,
She's beauteous, she's virtuous, she's civil, and she's charming,
She's modest my darling, and subject to fame,
In tears she has left me to travel this nation,
And fixed was my fortune in every sad station,
Still frowning and fretting with grief and vexation,
Dispairing of this beautiful dame.
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I set out from Dublin in the province of Leinster,
And posted on my journey towards Donaghadee,
My drums they re-rattled the people in Munster,
And flew like bellmen through the town of Ardee,
Through Newry that night I scampered away,
And next morning arrived at the bay,
Through sweet Carrick fergus of a hot sultry day,
But no tidings received of sweet Katty my dame.
And posted on my journey towards Donaghadee,
My drums they re-rattled the people in Munster,
And flew like bellmen through the town of Ardee,
Through Newry that night I scampered away,
And next morning arrived at the bay,
Through sweet Carrick fergus of a hot sultry day,
But no tidings received of sweet Katty my dame.
The banks of the Boyne I reached very nigh,
Where Joshua the Jacobines army did beat,
Deserting their monarch and army likewise,
And causing their trumpet to sound a retreat,
I embarked for the Liffey and swam it all over,
The rivers that trace the Suir, Barrow and Nore,
The rapid Blaek water that runs through Lismore,
But no tidings received from Katty my came.
Where Joshua the Jacobines army did beat,
Deserting their monarch and army likewise,
And causing their trumpet to sound a retreat,
I embarked for the Liffey and swam it all over,
The rivers that trace the Suir, Barrow and Nore,
The rapid Blaek water that runs through Lismore,
But no tidings received from Katty my came.
Through Belfast I rambled straightway to Kilkenny
Through Antrim, through Leitrim, through the caunty Wicklow,
In the county Westmeath I searched every city,
And passed on my journey to the county Mayo,
In Kells I broke open windows and doors,
In Callan got drunk among bullies and wives.
In Youghal took lodgings in the house of one M Ives,
But no tidings received from Katty my dame.
Through Antrim, through Leitrim, through the caunty Wicklow,
In the county Westmeath I searched every city,
And passed on my journey to the county Mayo,
In Kells I broke open windows and doors,
In Callan got drunk among bullies and wives.
In Youghal took lodgings in the house of one M Ives,
But no tidings received from Katty my dame.
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Lough Carrick, Lough Briggan, Lough Erin, Lough Meath,
Lough Darrig, Enniskillen, Loughren, Loagh Foyle,
The white bog of Allen, and the house of Dick Doyle,
But Loughlaue received me to my own native soil,
The Magourney mountains I crossed to Killarney,
The root I weathered on the mountains of Carbery,
Through Cork, Kinsale, and Bandon, from that up to Baniry,
A town well known for traffic and fame,
But no tidings received from Katty my dame
Lough Darrig, Enniskillen, Loughren, Loagh Foyle,
The white bog of Allen, and the house of Dick Doyle,
But Loughlaue received me to my own native soil,
The Magourney mountains I crossed to Killarney,
The root I weathered on the mountains of Carbery,
Through Cork, Kinsale, and Bandon, from that up to Baniry,
A town well known for traffic and fame,
But no tidings received from Katty my dame
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