[Lyric] My Irish Colleen (CaraTrom)

[Verse 1]
As I went a-walking, down by the sea
I remembered the day as it came back to me
The happiest days that I ever have seen
Were the days that I spent with my Irish colleen

[Verse 2]
She was tall and she was lovely, with skin so fair
And the red was so bright in her long lovely hair
Had the brightest green eyes that you'd ever seen
And I meant to marry my Irish colleen

[Interlude]

[Verse 3]
One night I was sitting at the pub with some ale
When a man sat beside me and told me a tale
He said "Ain't you the one tho I've heard and I've seen
You are bound to wed that Irish colleen."

[Verse 4]
He described her in detail and I said "That's the one"
Then he said "Oh my friend, you're in for some blood"
I asked him how he knew her, and what did he mean
Then he told me a story of my Irish colleen
[Interlude]

[Verse 5]
He said her first husband was kind and was strong
And he had lots of land and he did her no wrong
But one day he was plowing, and he never feels seen
Then he died and left all to his Irish colleen

[Verse 6]
The next man she married had money galore
But she spent all his money and left him so poor
And the man lost his pine, the was naught to be seen
And so moved on his Irish colleen

[Verse 7]
The third was the strangest, and the most tragic yet
For her gave her all his money, to place all on a bet
But he lost and he couldn't pay back any green
And found his money on his Irish coleen

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[Interlude]

[Verse 8]
I confronted my lady and she wouldn't confess
And she cried and she begged and held me to her breast
Then she walked out the door, slammed it hard with a scream
And I never again saw my Irish colleen
[Verse 9]
Well, I heard she moved on and she married once more
And her new husband died at a fire at his store
And she dropped out of sight, ne'er again to be seen
And they never did find that Irish colleen