[ Предположительная тональность: G ] G C While going to the fair in Dingle one fine morning last July G C D G And walking down the road before me a red-haired girl I chanced to spy. G Keep your hands off red-haired Mary C Her and I are to be wed, G We're seein' the priest this very morning C D G Tonight we'll lie in the marriage bed. G C "Come ride with me my red-haired maiden, the donkey he will carry two," G C D G She looked at me with eyes atwinkle, her cheeks a lovely rosy hue. G C "Thank you kindly, sir," she answered, then she tossed her bright red hair, G C D G "Seeing as you have the donkey I'll ride with you to the Dingle Fair." G Keep your hands off red-haired Mary C Her and I are to be wed, G We're seein' the priest this very morning C D G Tonight we'll lie in the marriage bed. G C When we reached the town of Dingle, I took her hand to say goodbye, G C D G A traveller he stepped up behind me and hit me right in my left eye. G C Now I was feeling kind of peevish, my poor eye felt sad and sore G C D G I tapped him gently with my hobnails, and he flew back through Murphy's door. G Keep your hands off red-haired Mary C Her and I are to be wed, G We're seein' the priest this very morning C D G Tonight we'll lie in the marriage bed. G C He galloped off to find his father, the tallest man I e'er did meet G C D G He tapped me gently with his knuckles, now I am minus two front teeth. G C Round the corner came a peeler, told me that I'd broke the law G C D G The donkey kicked him in the kneecap, he fell down and broke his jaw. G Keep your hands off red-haired Mary C Her and I are to be wed, G We're seein' the priest this very morning C D G Tonight we'll lie in the marriage bed. G C Now the red-haired girl she kept on smiling, "I'll come along with you" she said G C D G "We'll forget the priest this very morning, and tonight we'll sleep in Murphy's shed G Keep your hands off red-haired Mary C Her and I are off to bed G Forget the priest this very morning C D G Tonight we'll lie in Murphy's shed.
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