Twas early one morning the fair maid arose And dressed herself up in the finest of clothes And off to the shoemaker's shop sure she goes For a kiss in the morning early
The cobbler arose and he soon let her in His awl and his hammer were neat as a pin And he had the will for to greet her so slim With a kiss in the morning early
Oh cobbler oh cobbler 'tis soon we'll be wed And nestling together in a fine feather bed So give me two shoes with two buckles of red For my kiss in the morning early
The maid hid the shoes at the back of her waist She praised his good cobbling and shoemaker's taste And home to her father she (mournfully faced?) For it was in the morning early
Oh father oh father I've got me a man And he is the one I would wed if I can As handsome as ever in leather did stand For my kiss in the morning early
The father was thinking and thinking again For to wed her to riches and have him for kin Who knows but it might be a prince or a king That she met in the morning early
Who knows but it might be a jobber from town Or a wealthy sea captain who's sailed the world 'round A man with some thousands and thousands of pounds That she met in the morning early
So the father was smiling, his daughter embraced And touching the buckles he drew back in haste He spied the red shoes that were tied 'round her waist For (it was?) in the morning early
Oh daughter oh daughter he started to shout When he did discover what she was about God knows it was none but that old cobbling clout That you met in the morning early