Tommy Makem Kitty Magee Lyrics

I've kissed and courted them all, gentle and simple,
short and medium and tall
But kept a merry heart free, 'till it was stole unknownst
by Kitty Magee
Her smiling face, her slender waist, her lips would tempt
a saint to taste
Oh, sure it was small blame to me to lose my heart to
Kitty Magee
'Twas down at Ballina Fair, colleens and boys were gaily
stepping it there

And I the soul of the spree, when I set eyes on Kitty
Magee Her smile so sweet, her step so neat, hide and seek her
two little feet
Gliding just like a swan at sea, went handsome, winsome
Kitty Magee
And now I'm dreaming all day, sighing from dark to dawn
and wasting away
Like a lone bird on a tree, sighing the long hours
through for Kitty Magee
Oh, darling dear, the shrove is near, say the words I'm
dying to hear
Promise me mine you soon will be, handsome, winsome Kitty
Magee