A 1901 popular song.
Words by Alfred Perceval Graves.
Music is a traditional Irish melody.
Arranged by Charles Villiers Stanford.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Trotting’ to the fair, me and Moll Molony
Seated, I declare on a single pony
How am I to know that Molly’s safe behind
With our heads in, oh, that awkward, awkward way inclined?
By her gentle breathin’ whispered past my ear
And her white arms wreathin’ warm around me here
Thus on Dobbin’s back I discoursed the darling
Till upon our track leaped a mongrel snarling
“Ah!” says Moll, “I’m frightened, frightened
That the pony’ll start”
And her pretty hands she tightened
Round my happy heart
Till I axed her, “May I steal a kiss or so?”
And my Molly’s grey eye didn’t answer no