Courtin' In the Kitchen

[G]    [G]    [G]    [G] [D]
       [G]    [G]    [G]    [C][D][G]

Come [G]single belle and beau unto me pay [D]attention
Don't [G]ever fall in love - it's the [C]devil's own [D]invention
[G]Once I fell in [Bm]love with a [C]lady so [D]bewitching
Miss [Em]Henri[D]etta [C]Bell down in [D]Captain Kelly's Kitchen

[G]Toura loura lie; toura loura [D]laddy.
[G]Toura loura lie; [C]toura loura [D]laddy.
[G]Toura loura lie; toura loura [D]laddy.
[G]Toura loura lie; [C]toura loura [D]laddy.

At the [G]age of seventeen I was apprentice to a [D]grocer
Not [G]far from Stephen's Green where Miss [C]Henri used [D]to go, sir
Her [G]manners were [Bm]so fine, she [C]set my heart a [D]twitchin'
[Em]She in[D]vited [C]me to a [D]Courtin' in the Kitchen!

[G]Toura loura lie; toura loura [D]laddy.
[G]Toura loura lie; [C]toura loura [D]laddy.
[G]Toura loura lie; toura loura [D]laddy.
[G]Toura loura lie; [C]toura loura [D]laddy.

Next [G]Sunday be the day that we were to have our [D]flare up
I [G]dressed meself quite gay and I [C]frizzed and oiled [D]me hair up
The [G]captain had [Bm]no wife, [C]he had gone a [D]fishin'
So [Em]we kicked [D]up our [C]life to a [D]hooley in her kitchen!

[G]Toura loura lie; toura loura [D]laddy.
[G]Toura loura lie; [C]toura loura [D]laddy.
[G]Toura loura lie; toura loura [D]laddy.
[G]Toura loura lie; [C]toura loura [D]laddy.

       [G]    [G]    [G]    [G] [D]
       [G]    [G]    [G]    [C][D][G]

        (repeat 4 times)

She [G]slipped up to her room, I said: "Good Lord [D]Almighty!"
She [G]came back down the stairs wearing [C]nothing but her nighty!
With her [G]arms around me [Bm]waist she [C]slyly hinted [D]marriage
When [Em]to the [D]door in [C]haste came [D]Captain Kelly's carriage!

[G]Toura loura lie; toura loura [D]laddy.
[G]Toura loura lie; [C]toura loura [D]laddy.
[G]Toura loura lie; toura loura [D]laddy.
[G]Toura loura lie; [C]toura loura [D]laddy.

Well the [G]Captain came downstairs though he saw [D]me situation
In [G]spite of all me prayers I was [C]marched off to [D]the station
For [G]me they set [Bm]no bail though to [C]get home I was [D]itchen'
And I [Em]had to [D]tell the t[C]ale of how I [D]came into that kitchen

Well I [G]swore she did invite me though she gave a flat [D]denial
For [G]assault they did indict me and [C]I was sent for [D]trial
She [G]swore I [Bm]robbed the house in [C]spite of all me [D]screechin'
And [Em]I got [D]six months [C]hard for me [D]courtin' in the kitchen!

[G]Toura loura lie; toura loura [D]laddy.
[G]Toura loura lie; [C]toura loura [D]laddy.
[G]Toura loura lie; toura loura [D]laddy.
[G]Toura loura lie; [C]toura loura [D]laddy...

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