Songs

The Tinker's Daughter

by Ernest John Moeran

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The Tinker's Daughter
English source: Traditional folk song

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?

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

With my gumshilla an' a goushilla an' me gashilla like a Leary-O
With my goushilla an' me gumshilla, wallop it out my hero

I soldered in the stable and I soldered in the hall;
The children in the kitchen threw away my tools and all

With my gumshilla an' a goushilla an' me gashilla like a Leary-O
With my goushilla an' me gumshilla, wallop it out my hero

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

With my gumshilla an' a goushilla an' me gashilla like a Leary-O
With my goushilla an' me gumshilla, wallop it out my hero

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

With my gumshilla an' a goushilla an' me gashilla like a Leary-O
With my goushilla an' me gumshilla, wallop it out my hero

Composer

Ernest John Moeran

Ernest John Smeed Moeran was an English composer of part-Irish heritage. His work was strongly influenced by English and Irish folk music.

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