Misc Unsigned Bands - Darby ogill - kissing of the sheriffs wife

^EWell me name it is Michael and^A I’ve lived in Dublin all me life ^EMy father was a ^Afarmer and me ^Emother was the ^B7farmers ^Ewife

^EThey raised them up a family of girls to number ^Atwenty-one ^EOf which I am the^A youngest and me^E blessed ^B7father’s only ^Eson

^ENow living with so many girls ye’d ^Ethink me hair’d be in curls ^AYe’d think I’d ^Ewear a ^Ascarf and ^Ehave me ^Aearrings ^Eset with ^B7pretty ^Epearls

^EOh, but I am a master of a ^Aman with manly passion

^EAnd I ^Aalways kiss th^Ee girls in a ve^B7ry manly^E fashion ^EI wear a manly mustache and I ^Adrink me whiskey manly-like

^AAnd all me ^Efriends’ll ^Awarn ye not to ^Apick a row with ^B7“manly ^EMike” ^ELast week I kissed the sheriffs’ wife; ^Ashe kissed me back with little strife

^EShe swore it ^Awas the ^Efinest kiss^A she’d ^Eever had in ^B7all her ^Elife ^EBut the sheriff saw the kissin’ and ^Ahe swore upon his station

^EHe’d use his ^Alegal ^Epowers to ^Achange ^Emy s^B7ituat^Eion ^EHe went to the magistrate and ^Atold him of my rampage

When ^Edrunk, I^A fell ^Eupon his ^Awife and ^Etook u^B7nfair a^Edvantage ^EHe swore that I had pulled a knife and^A put it to his pretty wife

^AAnd charged ^Eher for a k^Aiss or ^Eelse I’d ^Adisengage ^Eher ^B7very ^Elife ^EAye, and other wrongful charges he ^Edrew up without true evidence

^AAnd thus ^Econvinced t^Ahe magist^Erate that ^AI should ^Epay a ^B7recompen^Ese ^EWell I had to stand the trial be^Acause I refused to pay the fine

I s^Amiled when it ^Eturn out, the ^Amagistrate;^E he was a ^B7friend ^Eof mine ^EYour honor, Mister Cassidy if ^Ayou have the capacity

^EI’ll ^Agive b^Eack the ^Akiss I s^Etole and^A thus ^Eprove my v^B7arassit^Ey ^EWell the sheriff’s wife was willin’, and ^Athe sheriff had to curse and swear

^EAs I ^Akissed the s^Eheriff’s^A wife in t^Ehe co^Aurtroom ^Efrom the ^B7witness ^Echair ^EWell, Ma’am, says the magistrate, is ^Athat the kiss you lost before?

^EWell, says s^Ahe: I’m^E not quite ^Asure; ^Eperhaps if ^AI could ^B7try one ^Emore ^EThen she kissed me without ration, a ^Akiss of carnal passion

^E‘Till ^Aall the ^Egirls were ^Ablushin’ and the ^Esheriff’s ^B7teeth were ^Egnashin’ ^EAraugh, proclaimed the magistrate, a ^Aclearer case I never saw

^EFor bo^Ath of yo^Eu are guilt^Ay of crimes not c^Eovered by ^B7the law ^{E E}To sentence you at all or to render a^A conviction

^EAs muc^Ah as som^Ee might lik^Ae it it’s not in ^Emy jurisdi^B7ction ^{E E}So I said to the gallery I’ll spend m^Ae next month’s salary

^ETo cel^Aebrate a^Ecross the s^Atreet in the tave^Ern of O’Ma^B7llery ^{E E}Sure and anyone who comes they can he^Alp me drink away my sin

^EAnd ev^Aeryone’s^E invited. .^A . but do not let^E the sheri^B7ff in ^{E E}Well, we all rushed across the street^A in high anticipation

^ETo cel^Aebrate t^Ehe famous j^Austice of the Iri^Esh nation ^{B7 E E}The word went round that drinks were ^Afree and people came from miles to see

^EThe fa^Armer’s s^Eon who’d wo^An the day and kis^Esed his wa^B7y to libert^Ey ^EWell by twos and by threes we all rus^Ahed into the drinkin’ hall

^EYoung ^Amen and ^Eold men and^A girls who were n^Eot men at ^B7all ^{E E}And we drank all the beer that me mon^Athly wage would cover

^EThen M^Aichael C^Eonway said ^Athat he would pay^E for yet a^B7nother ^{E E}When that was finish, Ill be bound, e^Aach other man put up a pound

^EAnd we^A drank u^Entil we cou^Aldn’t lift a glas^Es to drink^B7 another ro^Eund ^EThen we all staggered home by the lig^Aht upon the summer moon

^EAnd no^A one tha^Et was there^A that night got o^Eut of bed ^B7‘till after^E noon ^EAnd that was the day I’ll remember fo^Andly all me life

^EThe da^Ay that m^Eade me famo^Aus for the Kissin^E’ Of the S^B7heriff’s Wi^Efe