Ring Money

Hand me down me petticoat, hand me down my shawl,
Hand me down me petticoat for I'm off to the Linen Hall,

(Chorus:)
With your he was a quare one,
Fol-de-do and g' out' a that,
He was a quare one, I tell you.

If you go to the Curragh camp, just ask for number nine,
You'll see three swaddies standing there and the best looking one is mine.

When he joined the Dublins, I know he gave a wrong name,
And if I don't get me ring-money, it's his old one's all to blame.

My love is o'er the ocean, my love is o'er the sea,
My love he is a darling chap and he left me in the family way.

And when the get across the sea, out to fight the Boers,
Try and keep the Dublins back, see the Leinsters running before.

(chorus)

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