A Kiss and a Smile

Hey, lilly lo, it's better to go

with a kiss in the arms of a lady oh...

Hey lilly loo, and a derry-down too,

with a kiss and a smile from you!

When I was young I earned my rent-

Hey down, derry down down

In ways I really should repent,

But what was earned has all been spent

I doubt that it was heaven sent

Like a kiss and a smile from you.

Hey, lilly lo, it's better to go

with a kiss in the arms of a lady oh...

Hey lilly loo, and a derry-down too,

with a kiss and a smile from you!

When I was young I bent my back,

Hey, down, a derry down down,

For a bale of straw and a hard day's tack.

I doubt I would have missed the lack

It never still could draw me back

like a kiss and a smile from you.

Hey, lilly lo, it's better to go

with a kiss in the arms of a lady oh...

Hey lilly loo, and a derry-down too,

with a kiss and a smile from you!

I worked my fingers to the bone

Hey down, a derry down down...

These weathered hands they now bemoan.

that I should ever be alone.

but all those fears be swiftly blown

with a kiss and a smile from you!

Hey, lilly lo, it's better to go

with a kiss in the arms of a lady oh...

Hey lilly loo, and a derry-down too,

with a kiss and a smile from you!