The Limerick Rake

I am a young fellow that's easy and bold

In Castletown Conner I'm very well known

In Newcastle West I spent many a night

With Kitty and Judy and Mary

My parents rebuked me for being such a rake

And for spending my time in such frolicsome ways

But I never could forget the good nature of Jenny

Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se

There's some say I'm foolish, there's some say I'm wise

And I will find that there are women that think it's no crime

The son of King David had 10,000 wives

And his wisdom was highly regarded

In Euclid and grammar, they taught me to write

But my heart, it was stolen by a pair of brown thighs

That came from the mountains, her stockings are white

I'd love to be tied in her garter

And some you'll fuss over, and some you'll forego

In there Devonshire's treasure's are 20 times more

But he's lying on his back amongst nettles and stones

Agus fagaimid mar a ata se

And when I am dead and I'm laid to my rest

My women and children will came at my wake

They'll gather around and they'll offer a prayer

To the Lord for the soul of their father