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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
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.