Hi there....

I'm a brand-new user here, and I'm hoping to the bone that someone may be able to help me find out about this. Lemme provide some backstory: When I was about eight years old, my father retired from the sea. He had spent 20 years altogether, between the Navy and the Merchant Marines. As a result, he'd travelled all over the world. When in Ireland, he'd gotten many tapes of folk music, which he brought home. From listening to these, I gained a love for folk music that's kept growing to this day. One tape that he had, had a song on it that I loved, yet I can only remember the first verse and bits of the chorus. I think the tape was of the Dubliners, but I've never been able to find out what the title was, or anything. This tape was lost maybe a year after he came home, (and this was 15 years ago) and I've been searching for this song's title and the rest of the words off and on for about five or so years now....Here's what I can remember of the words, maybe here knows the rest? (pleasepleaseplease!)

When she was only sixteen years
A beauty she was wearin', Oh little, little, did she think
That soon she'd be a widow.
But the ploughboy lad's a
(unknown line here)
He'll court you and decieve you.
Oh he'll take all,
And he'll (unknown bit)
And leave the lassies grieving, oh.

Thank you for your time!

--MizzKyttie