But Dermot, his mind on love bent,

In search of his sweetheart he went;

Peep’d in here and there,

As he walked thro’ the Fair,

And took a small taste in each tent,

As he went,

Och! on Whisky and Love he was bent.

And who should he spy in a jig,

With a Meal-man so tall and so big,

But his own darling Kate