Irish Song Lyrics 
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Navvy Boots Traditional 
Oh, I am an old navvy and I work on the line And the last place I worked was Newcastle-on-Tyne Well, I'll tell me misfortune it happened in fun Oh, it happened one night I'd me navvy boots on 
One night after supper I shaved off me beard For to meet me fair Ellen I was well prepared For to meet me fair Ellen I then hurried down And I met her that night with me navvy boots on 
I knocked on her window, my knock it was low I knocked on her window, my knock she did know She jumped out of bed saying: Is that you John? Ah, bejaybers it's me with me navvy boots on 
She came to the door and invited me in Saying: draw to the fire, love, and warm your skin Well the bedroom was open and the blankets rolled down So I jumped into bed with me navvy boots on 
And all of that night now we sported and played Never thinking of time as it soon passed away Then she jumped out of bed crying: What have I done? Ah, the baby will be born with his navvy boots on 
I chastised me loved one for talking so wild Ah, you foolish young girl, you'll never have a child Ah, for all that I've done now twas only in fun Ah, but I ran like hell with me navvy boots on 
And very soon after I was summoned to court To pay for me sins just like any man ought I pay ten bob a week now for all of my fun Ah, that I had that night with me navvy boots on