Navy Boots On

Intro: verse 1: I'm a bold Irish navvy who worked on the line And the first place I worked was Newcastle-on-Tyne But through a misfortune that happened in fun I remember the night I'd me navvy boots on verse 2: When the day's work was over I shaved off me beard To meet the young lady, I was well prepared For to meet the young lady, I then hurried down And I met her that night with me navvy boots on verse 3: When I knocked on her window, my knock it was low When I knocked on her window, my knock she did know She jumped out of bed crying, "Is that you John?" "Well, it even it is, love, with me navvy boots on" verse 4: Then she opened the door and invited me in "Come up to the fire, love, and warm your skin" Well, her room door being open and the blankets turned down I jumped into bed with me navvy boots on VERSE 5: It was all of that night we did sport and did play Never thinking of time as it soon passed away Then she leaped out of bed crying, "What have I done? For the child will be born with his navvy boots on" VERSE 6: I chastised me love so for talking so wild "Ya foolish young girl, you will never have a child" For all that I, ditched her, 'twas only in fun Then I ran like hell with me navvy boots on VERSE 7: It was very soon after I was summoned to court To pay for me sins there as every man ought I give ten bob a week now to pay for the fun That I had that night with me navvy boots on