(Joe Wilson / Alex Glasgow)
Chorus:
And it's oh dear me what am I gan to dae
Sally stole away my heart completely
And I'll never get it back
For she gans wi' Mr Black
And they say he's going to marry Sally Wheatley
Now I'm most depressed and sad where I once was blithe and glad
I could trip about the town both trim and neatly
I was happy night and morn but from all such joys I'm shorn
Since I fell so deep in love with Sally Wheatley
Now I ne'er saw such a lass and I know she likes her glass
She could toss a pot of whiskey over neatly
Now it's right to take a drop when you know just when to stop
That was just the very way with Sally Wheatley
How I felt I didn't know the first time I Sally saw
In a threesome reel she hopped about so neatly
Well I might have had a chance if I'd asked her up to dance
But I was over-shy to speak to Sally Wheatley
Now he must have made it right when he took her home that night
'Cause after work, dressed up, he goes to see her nightly
There's great danger in delay or I wouldn't be sad today
If I had my heart 'twould break for Sally Wheatley
Not included:
Now as often is the case you'll find others in your place
If you didn't shove ahead and fettle reetly
I had scarcely turned my back aye and there was Mr Black
He was tiggin' round the room with Sally Wheatley
(as sung by The Dubliners)
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