Willis Taylor Songtext
von Cran

Willie Taylor and his youthful lover
Full of mirth and loyalty
First they went to the church to be married
He was pressed and sent to sea

Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day

She dressed herself in men′s apparel
Got on board a ship of war
Her pretty little fingers long and slender
She gives them all a smear of tar

Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day


Once on board there was a skirmish
She did fight among the rest
The silver button came off her tunic
And exposed her snow white breasts

Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day

Said the captain to this fair maid
"What misfortune has brought you here?"
"I come in search of my true lover
Who you pressed the other year."

Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day

"If you're in search of your true lover
Pray come tell to me his name."
"Willie Taylor they do call him
But Fitzgerald is his name."


Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day

"If you′re in search of Willie Taylor
Willie Taylor he's not here
He has found him a rich young lady
Worth 10,000 pounds a year."

Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day

"If you rise early in the morning
Early at the break of day
There you'll spy your Willie Taylor
Walking along with his lady gay."

Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day

She rose early in the morning
Early at the break of day
There she spied her Willie Taylor
Walking along with his lady gay

Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day

She called to her a brace of pistols
That was brought at her command
There she shot her Willie Taylor
With his bride at his right hand

Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day

When the captain came to hear it
Of the deed that she had done
He made her a ship′s commander
Over a vessel for the Isle of Man

Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day

I′ll tell the story of two true lovers
Come from the town of Lisnutrain [?]
Willie Taylor was the young man
Sarah Jane was the lady's name

Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-ditelo
Dally-dilly-dum, dilly dum-dum-day