The tinker's daughter
Language: English
If you're a tinker's daughter as I took you for to be, Will you ride up to Kilgarvan, making buckets there for me? Refrain With my gumshilla an' a goushilla an' me gashilla like a Leary-O, With my goushilla an' me gumshilla, wallop it out my hero. Before we went to Kenmare we hadn't this nor that; But now the fair is over we've a piebald and a flat. (Refrain) I soldered in the stable and I soldered in the hall; The children in the kitchen threw away my tools and all. (Refrain) Sure I can make a bucket or I can make a pint; I can do a job of tinker's work the darkest hours of night. (Refrain) I'll pull out my pony and I'll try to make a swap; I'll catch a tinker's daughter and I'll catch her on the hop. (Refrain)
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "The tinker's daughter", R. 97 no. 6 (1950) [voice and piano], from Songs from County Kerry, no. 6. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-03-31
Line count: 17
Word count: 144