With Me Navvy Boots On I am a young navvy and I work on the line And the last place I stopped was Newcastle-on-Tyne I'll tell me misfortune that happened in fun And it happened one night with me navvy boots on One night after supper we shaved off me beard For to meet me fair Ellen I was well prepared For to meet me fair Ellen I then hurried down I met her that night with me navvy boots on I knocked on her window, me knock it was low I knocked on her window, me knock she did know And she jumped out of bed crying, Is that you John? --Ah, bejaybers it's me with me navvy boots on She opened the door and invited me in Saying, pull up to the fire, love, and warm your skin Well the bedroom was open and the blankets rolled down So I jumped into bed with me navvy boots on Well all that night long sure we sported and played Never thinking of time as it soon passed away Then she jumped out of bed crying, What have I done? Ah, the baby will be born with its navvy boots on I chastised me loved one for talking so wild Ah, me lovely young girl, you'll neer have a child Ah, for all that I done now twas only in fun Ah, but I ran like hell with me navvy boots on Well very soon after I was summonsed to court For to pay for me sins just like any man ought I pay ten bob a week now for all of my fun Ah, but I had that night with me navvy boots on