Chords for Ronnie Drew - Courtin' in the Kitchen

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_ _ [G] _ Come single bell and bow, and to me pay [D] [G] attention.
Don't ever fall in love, [D]
[C] it's the devil's own [D] invention.
[G] For once I fell in love with a maiden so [D] bewitching, [G] Miss Henrietta [C] Bell, out of Captain [D] Kelly's [G] kitchen.
Ah, hew-da-loo-da-la, hew-da-loo-da [D]-la-dee, [G] hew-da-loo-da-la, [D]
hew-da-loo [G]-da-la-dee.
At the age of seventeen, [Am]
[G] I was prenticed to [D] a grocer, [G] not far from Stephen's [D] Green, where [C] Miss [A] Henri used [D] to go, [G] sir.
Her manners were so free, she set me high [D] to twitching, [G] and she [C] invited me down to [A] Captain [D] Kelly's kitchen.
[G] Ah, hew-da-loo-da-la, hew-da-loo [D]-da-la [G]-dee, hew-da-loo-da-la, hew-da-loo-da-la-dee.
Next Sunday being the day, we were to have [D] the fair up.
[G] I dressed myself quite [Am] gay, and I frizzed and [D] oiled me hair up,
[G] as the captain had no wife, and he had gone [D] out fishing, [Em] so we [G] kicked up [C] high [D] life, [C] [A] downstairs [D] in the kitchen.
[G] Ah, hew-da-loo-da-la, hew-da-loo [D]-da-la-dee, [G] hew-da-loo-da-la [D]-dee, hew-da-loo [G]-da-la-dee.
Just as the clock struck six, we sat down [D] to the table.
[G] She handed tea and [D] cakes, [C] and I ate [D] what I was able.
[G] I ate cakes and crunching tea, till my side had got [D] a stitch in, [Em] and the hours [Bm] flew quick [C] away, [D] while we [C] were courting [D] in the kitchen.
[G] Ah, hew-da-loo-da-la, hew-da-loo [D]-da-la-dee, [G] hew-da-loo-da [C]-la-dee, hew-da-loo [G]-da-la-dee. _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ With me arms around her waist, she slyly [D] hinted marriage, [G] to the door in dreadful [C] haste, came Captain [D] Caddy's carriage.
[G] Her looks told me full well, that moment she [D] was wishing, [Em] that [G] I'd get [C] out to hell, or a long way [D] from the kitchen.
[G] Ah, hew-da-loo-da-la, hew-da-loo [D]-da-la-dee, [G] hew-da-loo-da-la [D]-dee, hew-da-loo [G]-da-la-dee.
When the captain came downstairs, though he'd seen my [D] situation, [G] in spite of all me [D] prayers, [C] I was marched off [D] to the station.
[G] For me, they'd take no bail, though to get home [D] I was itching, [G] but I had to tell [C] the tale of how I came into [D] the kitchen.
[G] Ah, hew-da-loo-da-la, hew-da-loo [D]-da-la [G]-dee, hew-da-loo-da-la [C]-dee, hew-da [G]-loo-da-la-dee.
I said she didn't bite me, but she gave a [D] flat denial, [G] for I saw she didn't [D] like me, [C] and I was [D] sent for trial.
[G] She swore I robbed the house, in spite of [D] all her screeching, [G] so I got [C] six months [D] hard [C] for me [A] courting [D] in the kitchen.
[G] Ah, hew-da-loo-da-la, hew-da [D]-loo-da-la [G]-dee, hew-da-loo-da-la-dee, [D] hew-da [G]-loo-da-la-dee. _ _ _ _
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