Eileen Og

Oh, Eileen Óg, now that me darling's name is

Through the barony her features they were famous

If we loved her, who is there to blame us?

Ara, wasn't she the Pride of Petravore?

But her beauty made us all so shy

A divil one among us could look her in the eye

Boys oh boys, now that's the reason why

We're mourning for the Pride of Petravore

Oh, Eileen Óg, me heart is turning grey

Ever since the day you wandered far away

Eileen Óg, there's good fish in the sea

But there's none of them like the Pride of Petravore

Friday at the fair in Ballintubber

Eileen met McGrath the cattle jobber

I'd like to set my mark upon the robber

For he stole away the Pride of Petravore

He never seemed to see the girl at all

Even when she ogled him from underneath her shawl

Looking big and masterful, she was looking small

Provoking to the Pride of Petravore

Oh, Eileen Óg, me heart is turning grey

Ever since the day you wandered far away

Eileen Óg, there's good fish in the sea

But there's none of them like the Pride of Petravore

Now it went as was in the beginning

Eileen Óg was bent upon the winning

That auld McGrath, he just a-kept on grinning

Being courted by the Pride of Petravore

Said he, "I know a girl who would knock you into fits"

With that now Eileen she nearly lost her wits

The upshot of the ruction is that now the hooer sits

With his arm around the Pride of Petravore

Eileen Óg, me heart is turning grey

Ever since the day you wandered far away

Eileen Óg, there's good fish in the sea

But there's none of them like the Pride of Petravore

Oh, boys oh boys, with faith it's hard to grapple

Of me eye now Eileen was the apple

Now I see her waltzing out the chapel

With the hardest-featured man in Petravore

Boys oh boys, take heed in what I say

When you're a-courting, don't make no display

If you want them to run after you, just look the other way

They're mostly like the Pride of Petravore

Oh, Eileen Óg, me heart is turning grey

Ever since the day you wandered far away

Eileen Óg, there's good fish in the sea

But there's none of them like the Pride of Petra–

(None of them like the Pride of Petra–)

None of them like the Pride of Petravore