John Reilley.





As I walked out one morning early

All for to take the pleasant air,

'Twas there I spied a young Irish lady

Who seemed to me like diamonds fair.



I stepped up to her and kindly asked her

If she would be a young sailor's bride.

“Oh no,” saod she , “I' would xnotx rather tarry,

“I will not leave a single life.”



Oh what's the reason that youv won't marry?

You differ from all female kind,

For you are young, both fair and handsome,

And sure to get married your mind's enclined.

“It's no, kind Sir, if I may tell you,

“I could have been married three years ago

“To one John Reilley, both fair and handsome

“But he was the cause of my overthrow.”



Do leave John Reilley, and do disdain him

And go with me to some foreign shore

And will sail over to Pennsylvania

And bid adieu to Riley evermore.



“I won't go with you to Pennsylvania

“I won't go with you to some foreign shore

“My heart's with Reilley and cannot leave him

“Although I never shall see him more.



And when he found that her love was loyal

He gave her kisses both one two and three,

Saying: I'm the man that you call John Reilley

And I have come for to marry thee.