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It was not in variance
That I left my parents,
As little they knew the road I had gone;
But I thank my instructor,
And kindly conductor,
Who landed me safe from the County Tyrone.
That I left my parents,
As little they knew the road I had gone;
But I thank my instructor,
And kindly conductor,
Who landed me safe from the County Tyrone.
I travel'd to Newry,
Where I fell a-courting,
A-courting a girl for a wife of my own;
But when I came to her,
She would not endure me,
She told me I was married in the County Tyrone.
Where I fell a-courting,
A-courting a girl for a wife of my own;
But when I came to her,
She would not endure me,
She told me I was married in the County Tyrone.
Then I staid a whole season
At the Cotton-weaving,
Still thinking my true-love would alter her tone;
But with quick apprehension
She quickly made mention,
Where’s your character from the County Tyrone?
At the Cotton-weaving,
Still thinking my true-love would alter her tone;
But with quick apprehension
She quickly made mention,
Where’s your character from the County Tyrone?
For my character
You need never mind it;
I never was marry’d, nor promis'd to none.
Then she swore by her conscience
She would run all chances,
And travel with me to the County Tyrone.
You need never mind it;
I never was marry’d, nor promis'd to none.
Then she swore by her conscience
She would run all chances,
And travel with me to the County Tyrone.
Then early next morning,
While the sun was adorning,
We travd'd from Killwight by the three mile stone;
While the sun was adorning,
We travd'd from Killwight by the three mile stone;