HUMOUR IS ON ME NOW, THE
(Traditional Irish - Adapted by Richard Hayward)
HUMOUR IS ON ME NOW, THE
(Traditional Irish - Adapted by Richard Hayward)
Merv Griffin - 1952
Ruby Murray - 1959
Ronnie Drew - 1999
Also recorded by:
Carmel Quinn; Farmer Dan; Foster & Allen.
As I went out one mornin', it bein' the month of May
A farmer and his daughter I spied upon me way
And the girl sat down quite calmly to the milkin' of her cow
Sayin' I will and I must get married, for the humour is on me now
Ah, be quiet you foolish daughter and hold your sinful tongue
You're better free and single and happy while you're young
But the daughter shook her shoulders and milked her patient cow
Sayin' I will and I must get married, for the humour is on me now
Ah, sure, who are you to turn me, that married young yourself
And took me darlin' mother from off the single shelf
Ah, sure, daughter, dear, go easy and milk your patient cow
For a man may have his humour, but the humour is off me now
Well, indeed I'll tell me mother the awful things you say
Indeed I'll tell me mother this very blessed day
Och, now, daughter, have a heart, dear, you'll start a fearful row
So I will unless I marry, for the humour is on me now
Och, now if you must be married, will you tell me who's the man
And quickly she did answer, "There's William, James and John"
A carpenter, a tailor, and a man to milk the cow
For I will and I must get married, for the humour is on me now
A carpenter's a sharp man and tailor's hard to face
With his legs across the table and his threads about the place
Ah, sure, John's a fearful tyrant and never lacks a row
But I will and I must get married, for the humour is on me now
Well, if you must be married, will you tell me what you'll do
"Sure I will" the daughter answered, "Just the same as Ma and you"
"I'll be mistress of me dairy, and me butter and me cow"
And your husband too I'll venture, for the humour is on me now
So at last the daughter married, and married well-to-do
And loved her darlin' husband for a month, a year or two
But John was all a tyrant, and she quickly rued her vow
Sayin' I'm sorry that I got married, for the humour is off me now
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2018)
