Lighter requested this song in the Irish Songbook Indexing thread.

THE WAKE IN KILDARE
(D. Murphy)

There's a wake darling mother, there's a wake in Kildare,
And Roger, dear Roger, oh dear Roger he'll be there,
He is kind and he is true and great care of me he'll take,
And we'll all be home together comin' home from the Wake,
Comin' home from the Wake,
Comin' home from the Wake,
And we'll all be home together,
Comin' home from the Wake.

You may go darling Nellie, to the wake in Kildare
If Roger, dear Roger, if dear Roger will be there,
For I know that he is true and great care of you he'll take,
And you'll all be back together comin' home from the Wake,
Comin' home from the Wake,
Comin' home from the Wake,
And you'll all be back together,
Comin' home from the Wake.

The road was long and twisty, all the way to Kildare,
And Roger, dear Roger, oh dear Roger he was there,
He was kind and he was true and great care of her did take,
And he told her he did love her comin' home from the Wake,
Comin' home from the Wake,
Comin' home from the Wake,
And he told her that he loved her
Comin' home from the Wake.

The night was dark and windy all the way to Kildare,
But Roger, dear Roger, oh dear Roger, he was there,
He was kind and he was true and great care of her did take,
And he asked her if she'd marry comin' home from the Wake,
Comin' home from the Wake,
Comin' home from the Wake,
And he asked her if she'd marry,
Comin' home from the Wake.

As they sheltered from the weather comin' home from Kildare
And Roger, dear Roger, oh dear Roger, he was there,
He was kind and he was true and great care of her did take,
And he slipped a kiss to Nellie comin' home from the Wake,
Comin' home from the Wake
Comin' home from the Wake
And he slipped a kiss to Nellie
Comin' home from the Wake.

So they all came home together from the Wake in Kildare,
And Roger, dear Roger, oh dear Roger he was there.
He was kind and he was true and great care of her did take,
And they all came home together coming home from the Wake
Comin' home from the Wake,
Comin' home from the Wake,
And they all came home together,
Comin' home from the Wake.

Source: Walton's New Treasury of Irish Songs and Ballads (1968, Walton's Musical Instrument Galleries, Dublin)
pp. 144-145