As I went down a shady lane, at a door I chanced to knock
The servant she came to the door and asked me could I stop
Or could I mend a rusty hole that never held a drop
"Well, indeed I can, don't you know I can,
To me right fol loo ra laddy, well indeed I can"

She brought me through the kitchen and she brought me through the hall
And the servants cried, " the divil, are you goin' to block us all "
" Well, indeed I'm not, don't you know I'm not,
To me right fol loo ra laddy, well, indeed I'm not "

She brought me up the stairs for to show me what to do
She fell on the feather bed and I fell on it too
Well, indeed I did, don't you know I did
To me right fol loo ra laddy, well, indeed I did

She took up the fryin' pan and she began to knock
Oh then for to let the servants know that I was at me work
Well, indeed I was, don't you know I was
To me right fol loo ra laddy, well indeed I was

She put her hand into her pocket and she pulled out fifty pound
Sayin', " Take this me jolly tinker and we'll have another round
Well, indeed I will, don't you know I will
To me right fol loo ra laddy, well indeed I will

She put her hand into her pocket and she pulled out her gold watch
Sayin', " take this me jolly tinker, for I know you are no botch "
" Well, indeed I'm not, don't you know I'm not
To me right fol loo ra laddy, well indeed I'm not "

Well, I am a jolly tinker this forty year or more
And such a rusty hole as that, I never blocked before
Well, indeed I did'nt, don't you know I did'nt
To me right fol loo ra laddy, well indeed I did'nt...