[00:08.88]Willie Taylor was a brisk young sailor[00:12.27]He who courted a lady fair[00:16.06]Bells were ringing, sailors singing[00:20.25]As to church they did repair[00:24.64]Thirty couples were at their wedding[00:29.08]All were dressed in rich array[00:32.17]But instead of William being married[00:36.55]He was pressed and sent away[00:41.36]She dressed herself in man's apparel[00:47.09]Man's apparel she put on[00:50.18]And she's gone to find her true love William[00:54.56]For to find him she is gone[01:01.93]Then the captain stepped up to her[01:09.21]Asking her "What's brought you here?"[01:12.50]"Oh, I have come to seek my true love[01:16.79]Who I've lately loved so dear."[01:21.41]"Well if you've come to seek your true love,[01:25.35]Tell me what his name may be."[01:28.99]"Oh, his name, it's William Taylor.[01:32.93]From the Irish ranks came he."[01:39.60]"You rise early tomorrow morning,[01:43.55]You rise up at break of day,[01:46.88]There you'll see your true love William[01:51.27]Walking with some lady gay."[02:10.85]So she rose up the very next morning[02:14.94]She rose up at break of day[02:18.48]And there she saw her true love William[02:22.69]Walking with some lady gay[02:27.18]Sword and pistol she then ordered[02:31.13]To be brought at her command[02:34.47]And she shot her true love William Taylor[02:38.85]With his bride on his right hand[02:45.14]Now if all young folks in Kells or Dublin[02:49.42]Were server the same as she served he[02:53.38]Then young girls would all be undone[02:57.87]How very scarce young men would be