Courtin' In The Kitchen

Namorando na Cozinha

Courtin' In The Kitchen

Venham, moças e rapazes, prestem atenção em mimCome single belle and beau, unto me pay attention
Nunca se apaixonem, pois é invenção do capetaDon't ever fall in love, for it's the devil's own invention
Uma vez eu me apaixonei por uma moça tão encantadoraFor once I fell in love with a maiden so bewitching
A senhorita Henrietta Bell na cozinha do Capitão KellyMiss Henrietta Bell out in Captain Kelly's kitchen

Com meu toora loora lá e meu toora loora ladWith me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie
E meu toora loora lá e meu toora loora ladAnd me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie

Aos dezessete anos, fui aprendiz de um mercadinhoAt the age of seventeen I was 'prenticed to a grocer
Não muito longe de Stephen's Green, onde a senhorita Henri' costumava ir, senhorNot far from Stephen's Green where Miss Henri' used to go sir
Seus modos eram sublimes e meu coração ficou agitadoHer manners were sublime and she set me heart a-twitchin'
Quando ela me convidou para uma festa na cozinhaWhen she invited me to a hooley in the kitchen

Com meu toora loora lá e meu toora loora ladWith me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie
E meu toora loora lá e meu toora loora ladAnd me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie

Ah, no próximo domingo seria o dia da confusãoOh, next Sunday bein' the day that we were to have the flare-up
Me vesti bem alegre e arrumei meu cabelo com pomadaI dressed meself quite gay and I frizzed and oiled me hair up
O Capitão não tinha esposa e tinha ido pescarThe Captain had no wife and he had gone a-fishin'
E nós fizemos a festa lá embaixo, na cozinhaAnd we kicked up high life down below stairs in the kitchen

Com meu toora loora lá e meu toora loora ladWith me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie
E meu toora loora lá e meu toora loora ladAnd me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie

Com o braço dela em volta da minha cintura, ela insinuou casamentoWith her arm around me waist, she slyly hinted marriage
A porta se abriu com pressa, era a carruagem do Capitão KellyTo the door in dreadful haste came Captain Kelly's carriage
Seus olhos estavam cheios de ódio e veneno ela cuspiaHer eyes were full of hate and poison she was spittin'
Quando o Capitão na porta entrou direto na cozinhaWhen the Captain at the door, walked right into the kitchen

Com meu toora loora lá e meu toora loora ladWith me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie
E meu toora loora lá e meu toora loora ladAnd me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie

Quando o Capitão desceu, mesmo vendo minha situaçãoWhen the Captain came downstairs, though he saw me situation
Apesar de todas as minhas súplicas, fui levado para a delegaciaIn despite of all me prayers I was marched off to the station
Para mim não aceitaram fiança, mas eu queria voltar pra casaFor me they'd take no bail, but to get home I was itchin'
E tive que contar a história de como fui parar na cozinhaAnd I had to tell the tale, how I came into the kitchen

Com meu toora loora lá e meu toora loora ladWith me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie
E meu toora loora lá e meu toora loora ladAnd me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie

Agora, eu disse que ela me convidou, mas ela negou na horaNow, I said she did invite me, but she gave a flat denial
Por agressão ela me acusou e fui mandado a julgamentoFor assault she did indict me, and I was sent for trial
Ela jurou que eu roubei a casa e apesar de todo o seu gritoShe swore I robbed the house and in spite of all her schreechin'
E eu peguei seis meses de cana por namorar na cozinhaAnd I got six months hard for me courtin' in the kitchen

Com meu toora loora lá e meu toora loora ladWith me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie
E meu toora loora lá e meu toora loora ladAnd me toora loora la and me toora loora laddie