Willie Taylor Lyrics - Uncle Earl

Willie Taylor and his youthful lover, 

Full of mirth and loyalty, 

They were going to the church to be married, 

He was pressed and sent on sea. 

Dolly dilly dum dilly dum dum day 

She dressed herself up like a sailor 

On her breast she wore a star 

Her lovely fingers long and slender 

She gave them all just a smear of tar. 

Dolly 

On the ship there being a skirmish 

She was one amongst the rest 

A silver button flew off her jacket 

There appeared her snow-white breast. 

Dolly 

Said the captain to this fair maid 

What misfortune has took you here 

I'm in search of my true lover, 

Who you pressed on the other year. 

Dolly 

If you're in search of your true lover 

Tell me what might be his name 

Willie Taylor's what they call him, 

But Fitzgerald is his name. 

Dolly 

If you'll get up tomorrow morning 

Early as the break of day 

There you'll spy your Willie Taylor 

Walking along with a lady gay. 

Dolly 

So she got up the very next morning 

Early as the break of day 

And there she spied her Willie Taylor 

Walking along with a lady gay. 

Dolly 

So she pulled out a brace of pistols 

That she had at her command 

And there she shot her Willie Taylor 

With his bride at his right hand. 

Dolly 

When the captain came to hear 

Of the deed that she had done 

He made her a ship's commander 

Over a vessel for the Isle of Man. 

Dolly