Paddy Reilly Come Up The Stairs
[Verse 1]
Young Molly was handsome and pretty
I'd dressed and put on me new coat
And off to the mainland to meet her
Meself and the small rowing boat
I hadn't gone more than a furlong
When holes in the bottom did sprout
A big wave came up and capsized me
Meself and the small rowing boat
[Chorus]
I've come up the stairs, up the stairs
Come up the stairs, Molly-o
I've come up the stairs, up the stairs
Bring somethin' to warm me old bones
[Verse 2]
When up comes a great big sea serpent
He was forty feet long now or more
He had one look at my solemm features
And offered to take me ashore
[Chorus]
I've come up the stairs, up the stairs
Come up the stairs, Molly-o
I've come up the stairs, up the stairs
Bring somethin' to warm me old bones
[Verse 3]
"Oh where were you goin' in such weather?"
"I was going courtin' Molly," says I
"For there's no young ones left on the island
So how's a young man to get by?"
"Why don't you and Molly get married
And then you could both stay at home?
For it's better to suffer in marriage
Than catching your death in the cold."
[Chorus]
I've come up the stairs, up the stairs
Come up the stairs, Molly-o
I've come up the stairs, up the stairs
Bring somethin' to warm me old bones
[Verse 4]
Tonight I will ask her to marry
I'm hopin' that she will agree
For I'd rather be poor and be married
Than riskin' me life on the sea
[Chorus]
I've come up the stairs, up the stairs
Come up the stairs, Molly-o
I've come up the stairs, up the stairs
It's yourself can be warmin' me bones
