The Bold Tenant Farm

[Verse 1]
One evening of late into bandon I strayed
I was bound for Clonakilty I was making me way
At ballinishcarthy some time I delayed
For to wet me auld whistle with porter

[Chorus]
Tithery-ow-tow, tithery-ow-tow
Tithery-ow-tow-tow-tum
Tithery-ow-tah-den, tithery-ow-tow
Tithery-ow-tow-tum
Tithery-ow-tah-den, doodle-e-darrow

[Verse 2]
I scarcely had travelled one mile of the road
When I heard a dispute in a farmer's abode
The son of the landlord an ill looking toad
And the wife of the bold tenant farmer

[Chorus]
Tithery-ow-tow, tithery-ow-tow
Tithery-ow-tow-tow-tum
Tithery-ow-tah-den, tithery-ow-tow
Tithery-ow-tow-tum
Tithery-ow-tah-den, doodle-e-darrow

[Verse 3]
"A robber" the bold tenants wife she replied
"You're as bad as your daddy on the other side
But the national land league will put down your pride
For they're able to bear every storm

[Chorus]
Tithery-ow-tow, tithery-ow-tow
Tithery-ow-tow-tow-tum
Tithery-ow-tah-den, tithery-ow-tow
Tithery-ow-tow-tum
Tithery-ow-tah-den, doodle-e-darrow

[Verse 4]
I spit in me fist and I picked up me stick
And down the coach road like a deer I did lip
I cared not for bailiffs, landlords, or Old Nick
And I sang like the lark in the morning

[Chorus]
Tithery-ow-tow, tithery-ow-tow
Tithery-ow-tow-tow-tum
Tithery-ow-tah-den, tithery-ow-tow
Tithery-ow-tow-tum
Tithery-ow-tah-den, doodle-e-darrow