A Kiss In the Morning Early - Tempest

'Twas early one morning a fair maid arose

And dressed herself up in the finest of clothes

And off to the shoemaker’s shop sure she goes

For the 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

O Cobbler, o 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

And it was in the morning early

O Father, o 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

So 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

Oh it was in the morning early

O daughter, o daughter, he started to shout

When he did discover what she was about

God knows 'twas none but that old cobbling clout

That you met in the morning early