The Irish Rovers - Molecatcher lyrics

In Wellington town at the sign of the plough There lived a molecatcher shall I tell you now He had a good wife she was buxom and gay And she and another young farmer would play Lo til I day, lo til I liddle I lotil I day The farmer he knocked on her door and did say Where is your husband good woman I pray He's out catching moles love you need never fear But she didn't know the molecatcher was near Lo til I day, lo til I liddle I lotil I day He crept up the stairs in the midst of their frolic And caught the young farmer tight by the jacket I've been a molecatcher for most of me life But here's the best mole I ever caught in me life Lo til I day, lo til I liddle I lotil I day I'll make you pay dearly for tilling me ground And out of your wallet I'll take 20 pounds Twenty pounds said the farmer I really don't mind For it only works out about two-pence a time Lo til I day, lo til I liddle I lotil I day