I was going to Ballynure, a day I well remember To see the lads and lassies on the fifth day of December With a my ring-doo-a-day, with a my ring-a-doo-a daddy o
As I was going along the road, as onward I was walking I heard a wee lad behind the ditch-a to his wee lass was talking With a my ring-doo-a-day, with a my ring-a-doo-a daddy o
Says this wee lad to this wee lass \"It's will you let me kiss ye For it's you have got the cordial eye that far exceeds the whiskey\" With a my ring-doo-a-day, with a my ring-a-doo-a daddy o
\"This cordial that you talk about, there's very few o' them gets it For it's only them with muslin gowns and crooked combs that catch it\" With a my ring-doo-a-day, with a my ring-a-doo-a daddy o