WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem - Courtin In The Kitchen Chords | Ver. 1
[Verse 1]
C Am G
Come single belle and beau, unto me pay attention
C Am F G7
Don’t ever fall in love, ‘tis the devil’s own invention
C
For once I fell in love with a maiden so bewitchin’
F Dm D7 G
Miss Henrietta Bell out of Captain Kelly’s kitchen
[Chorus]
C G
With me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, me toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
C Am G C
Me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
[Verse 2]
C Am G
At the age of seventeen, I was 'prenticed to a grocer
C Am F G7
Not far from Stephen's Green, where Miss Henry used to go, sir
C
Her manners were sublime, and she set me heart a-twitchin'
F Dm D7 G
And she invited me to a hooley in the kitchen.
[Chorus]
C G
With me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, me toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
C Am G C
Me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
[Verse 3]
C Am G
Next Sunday bein' the day we were to have the flare-up
C Am F G7
I dressed myself quite gay, an' I frizzed and oiled my hair up
C
The Captain had no wife, and he had gone out a-fishin'
F Dm D7 G
And we kicked up high life, down below-stairs in the kitchen.
[Chorus]
C G
With me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, me toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
C Am G C
Me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
[Verse 4]
C Am G
Just as the clock struck six we sat down to the table
C Am F G7
She handed tea and cakes --- I ate while I was able,
C
I drank hot punch and tea, till my side had got a stitch in
F Dm D7 G
And the hours pass quick away, when courtin' in the kitchen.
[Chorus]
C G
With me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, me toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
C Am G C
Me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
[Verse 5]
C Am G
With my arms around her waist, she slyly hinted marriage
C Am F G7
To the door in dreadful haste came Captain Kelly's carriage!
C
Her eyes soon filled with hate and poison she was spittin'
F Dm D7 G
When the captain at the door, walked right into the kitchen
[Chorus]
C G
With me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, me toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
C Am G C
Me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
[Verse 6]
C Am G
She flew up off my knees, full five feet up or higher
C Am F G7
And over heads and heels, threw me slap into the fire
C
My new Repealers coat, that I'd bought from Mr. Mitchel
F Dm D7 G
With a twenty-shilling note, went to blazes in the kitchen.
[Chorus]
C G
With me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, me toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
C Am G C
Me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
[Verse 7]
C Am G
I grieved to see my duds, all smeared with sud and ashes
C Am F G7
When a tub of dirty suds, right in my face she dashes.
C
As I lay on the floor, and the water she kept pitchin'
F Dm D7 G
The footman broke the door, and walked straight into the kitchen.
[Chorus]
C G
With me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, me toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
C Am G C
Me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
[Verse 8]
C Am G
When the Captain came downstairs, though he saw me situation
C Am F G7
In spite of all my prayers I was marched off to the station
C
For me they'd take no bail, tho' to get home I was itchin'
F Dm D7 G
But I had to tell the tale, how I came into the kitchen.
[Chorus]
C G
With me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, me toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
C Am G C
Me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
[Verse 9]
C Am G
I said she did invite me, but she gave a flat denial
C Am F G7
For assault she did indict me, and I was sent for trial.
C
She swore I robbed the house, in spite of all her screechin'
F Dm D7 G
And I got six months hard, for me coortin' in the kitchen.
[Chorus]
C G
With me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, me toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
C Am G C
Me too-ra-loo-ra-lay, toor-a-loor-a-ladd-ie
