Lyrics Lolly Toodum - Tommy Makem

Lolly Toodum

As I went out one morning to take the pleasant air
Lolly-too-dumb, too-dumb, lolly-too-dumb day
As I went out one morning to take the pleasant air
I overheard a mother a-scoldin' her daughter fair
Lolly-too-dumb, too-dumb, lolly-too-dumb day
«You better go wash them dishes and hush that clattering tongue
Lolly, etc
I know you want to get married and that you are too young
Lolly, etc.»
«Oh, pity my condition as you would your own
For seventeen long years I’ve been sleeping all alone.»