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