Lolly Toodum - Tommy Makem

As I went out one morning to take the pleasant air

Lolly-too-dumb, too-dumb, lolly-too-dumb day

As I went out one morning to take the pleasant air

I overheard a mother a-scoldin' her daughter fair

Lolly-too-dumb, too-dumb, lolly-too-dumb day

«You better go wash them dishes and hush that clattering tongue

Lolly, etc

I know you want to get married and that you are too young

Lolly, etc.»

«Oh, pity my condition as you would your own

For seventeen long years I’ve been sleeping all alone.»