Willie Taylor was a brisk young sailor

He who courted a lady fair

Bells were ringing, sailors singing

As to church they did repair

Thirty couples were at their wedding

All were dressed in rich array

But instead of William being married

He was pressed and sent away

She dressed herself in man's apparel

Man's apparel she put on

And she's gone to find her true love William

For to find him she is gone

Then the captain stepped up to her

Asking her "What's brought you here?"

"Oh, I have come to seek my true love

Who I've lately loved so dear."

"Well if you've come to seek your true love,

Tell me what his name may be."

"Oh, his name, it's William Taylor.

From the Irish ranks came he."

"You rise early tomorrow morning,

You rise up at break of day,

There you'll see your true love William

Walking with some lady gay."

So she rose up the very next morning

She rose up at break of day

And there she saw her true love William

Walking with some lady gay

Sword and pistol she then ordered

To be brought at her command

And she shot her true love William Taylor

With his bride on his right hand

Now if all young folks in Kells or Dublin

Were server the same as she served he

Then young girls would all be undone

How very scarce young men would b