The Rake The Irish Rovers

I am a young fellow from the County Tyrone
In the town of Strabane shur I'm very well known
For down to the alehouse I'm frequently goin'
With Kitty and Ginny and Mary

My father rebuked me for being such a rake
And for spending me money on whiskey and cakes
But the lassies are sweet and it's all for their sakes
And it keeps me lighthearted and merry

Chorus:
I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry
I will court all the lassies or at least I will try
And I'll never conform 'til the day that I die
Agus fagaimid suid mar ata se

If I chance for to wander on down to the fair
All the lassies all around me do flock on the square
I'll pull out me fiddle and play an auld air
And soon we're all off on the spree

There's Peggy and Jane from the banks of Loch Nee
There's Kitty and Molly down Dungannon Way
And there's another one from Cookstown who makes me head sway
Such a fuss they all make over me