THE JOLLY TINKER



I am a jolly tinker

That goes from town to town.

I will mend your pots and kettles

If you'll only bring them 'round.



cho: Turra laddy, Turra laddy

Turra laddy hi row.



I know how to solder

And I can mend a pot,

I can also stop a hole

So it will not leak a drop.



A tinker never marries

Has a girl in every town;

And they shower me with kisses

When they bring their kettles down.

They feast me and regale me

With choicest meat and wine,

And whatever house I stop at

I can always sup and dine.



So many wait my coming

For I have many friends

I've never stored much gold

Yet I have a lot to spend.



My life is wild and free

And I do not seek renown.

I am just a jolly tinker

With a girl in every town.



From Traditional American Folk Songs, Warner and Warner

Collected from Lena Bourne Fish, 1940

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