Willie Taylor

Willie Taylor was a brisk young sailor
 He who courted a lady fair
 Bells were ringing, sailors singing
 As to church they did repair
 Thirty couples were at their wedding
 All were dressed in rich array
 But instead of William being married
 He was pressed and sent away
 She dressed herself in man's apparel
 Man's apparel she put on
 And she's gone to find her true love William
 For to find him she is gone
 Then the captain stepped up to her
 Asking her "What's brought you here?"
 "Oh, I have come to seek my true love
 Who I've lately loved so dear."
 "Well if you've come to seek your true love,
 Tell me what his name may be."
 "Oh, his name, it's William Taylor.
 From the Irish ranks came he."
 "You rise early tomorrow morning,
 You rise up at break of day,
 There you'll see your true love William
 Walking with some lady gay."
 So she rose up the very next morning
 She rose up at break of day
 And there she saw her true love William
 Walking with some lady gay
 Sword and pistol she then ordered
 To be brought at her command
 And she shot her true love William Taylor
 With his bride on his right hand
 Now if all young folks in Kells or Dublin
 Were server the same as she served he
 Then young girls would all be undone
 How very scarce young men would be