Bold Doherty - Norma Waterson

My name is Bold Doherty 
From the North Country 
Where there's a still upon every stream 
Landlady be quicker 
And bring us more liquor 
And fill us a pitcher that's stronger than cream 
If I had you Molly so pleasant and jolly, 
Although it's a folly to ask it at all 
Oh if I had a glass and a mile to the bottom 
I'd drink to you Molly in old Donegal 

Chorus:
With me folderoldol, 
With me folderol dariddy, folderol dol, 
Raddly folderol dee 

I'd a new pair of brogues 
I'd brought home from the market, 
I wanted an excuse for to go back to town 
So I told me old mother 
The seams they were ripped 
And I needed some nails for to rivet them round 
She clothed me hand with a bright silver shilling 
And said the remainder it would be me own 
"When you go to town you may buy a full naggin - beware you bring none of your fancy girls home" 

Chorus 

When crossing the hills 
Of me brave Enniskillen, 
I went into an alehouse for to take a dram 
There I saw two tinkers dividing a saucepan
Although they were arguing about a tin can 
Then one of them took a great blow at the other
And said" Me old villain I will take your life 
For your saucepans are leaking 
And can't hold the water 
Since ever bold Doherty spoke to your wife!" 

Chorus 

And when I got home sure 
The door it was bolted, 
I rapped up me mother for to let me in 
Begone from this place were the words 
That she mentioned, for inside that door 
You will not venture in 
You may go away to wherever you came from, 
For to lock you out now I think 't is no sin 
Says I,"me good woman you may hold your temper 
For I can get lodgings with Norah McGlynn!" 

Chorus