[Lyric] When First I Came Unto This Country (Jimmy Crowley)

[Verse 1]
When first I came unto this country
It was to view the sweet flowers gay
I then fell courting a pretty female
She appeared to me like the Queen Mab

[Verse 2]
I asked her kindly would she marry
Or would she choose to be a sailors bride
Oh no kind sir, I'd rather tary
And I would choose a sweet single life

[Verse 3]
Oh fairest creature, the pride of nature
How come you differ from all female kind?
For you are youthful, both fair and handsome
To marry you, I am most inclined

[Verse 4]
No kind sir, since I must tell you
I am promisеd these five yеars or more
To Will O'Reilly from the county Leitrim
Which often greet my poor heart from sorr'
[Verse 5]
I wish I had you in Fina Tampa
A hundred miles from your bed home
Or in some valley where none may find you
It's there with you I'd be content to roam

[Verse 6]
For its there I would caress my jewel
If along with me she'd consent to go
I'd sail you over to Pennsylvania
And bid adieu to O'Reilly forevermore