MOONEY'S WEDDIN!

AIR.-"Kiss me Quick."

THE bellman wes sent roond the toon,
Te let foaks hear his voice
Annoonce that Mooney,
King 0' Sweeps,
That day wad wed his choice;
An' ivrybody clapt thor hands,
An' myed the whole toon ring
Wi' joy,-but still aw thowt aw heard
The Sweep's intended sing:

Korus.

De ye think aw'lI blush for bag an' brush,
If ye de, whey, yor a spooney;
Luv's voos aw'll keep true te me sweep,
Gud luck te me an' Mooney!

The morn wes wet, still croods flockt roond
The hoose that held the pair,
An' cabs an' cairts afore the door,
Myed a' the peepil stare,
Wi' sweeps drest up like lords se grand,
An' "happy as a king,"
The bridegroom's man struck up the teun
The fair bride liked te sing
De ye think, etc.

At last te church the jolly crood,
As hearty led the way,
An' such a scene wes nivvor seen
Be priest like that that day;
The foaks wad tawk far mair nor him,
When he put on the ring,
An' little held the marry thrang
l' church that day te sing
De ye think, etc.

At last at hyem amang wor-sels,
Jim Kane wad playa teun,
An' then Jim Renforth sung a sang,
An' then the fun begun;
For Mooney an' his canny wife's
Gud happiness te bring,
We drunk thor hilths a hundrid times,
Besides we'd often sing
De ye think, etc.

We left them just as happy as
We'd met them i' the morn,
An' hoped we'd find them just the syem,
Whenivor we'd return.
But time's gyen by, an' noo a bairn
Te the happy pair'll cling,
Wi' dad an' mammy biv its side,
It often hears them sing
De ye think, etc.

-Source: Joe Wilson, (author) Songs and Drolleries, 1890