Courting is a pleasure
Between my love and I
It was down in
Yon green valley
I’ll meet her by and by
It was down in
Yon green valley
She is my heart’s delight
“Molly, lovely Molly,
I will stay till broad daylight”
Never marry a fair young maid
With a dark and a roving eye
Just you kiss her
And you embrace her
Never tell her the reasons why
Just you kiss her
And you embrace her
Till you cause her heart to yield
For a fainthearted soldier
Will never gain the field
Farewell, Ballymonie
Likewise the sweet Bann shore
Farewell to McCusky braes
Will I never see more
America lies far away
The land I will go see
And may all bad luck
Attend the one
Who parted my love and me
Just you kiss her
And you embrace her
Never tell her the reasons why
Courting is a pleasure
Between my love and I