Step It Out Mary
Boiled in Lead Lyrics

In the village of Kildori
There's a story about a village called Kildori

There's a maiden young and fair
There was a beautiful young woman in the village

Her eyes they shone like diamonds
Her eyes were bright and beautiful, sparkling like diamonds

She had lovely golden hair
The young woman had beautiful blonde hair

When the country man came riding
One day a man from the countryside rode to the village

Up to her father's gate
The man rode his horse up to the young woman's father's house

Mounted on a milk-white stallion
He was riding a beautiful white horse

He came at the stroke of eight.
He arrived at the house at eight o'clock

Step it out Mary my fine daughter
The man asked the young woman, Mary, to dance with him

Marry if you can
He suggested that she should marry him if she can

Mary my fine daughter
The man addressed the young woman by her name, Mary

Show your legs to the wealthy man
He suggested that Mary should seduce a rich man to marry her

"I've come to court your daughter
The man told Mary's father that he had come to court Mary

Mary of the golden hair
He referred to Mary as the one with the beautiful blonde hair

I have land and I have money
The man boasted that he was wealthy

I have goods beyond compare
He claimed that he had valuable possessions that were better than anyone else's

I'll buy her silk and satin
He promised to buy Mary expensive clothing made of silk and satin

And a gold ring for her hand
He promised to give her a ring made of gold

I'll build for her a mansion
He promised to build Mary a large, luxurious house

She'll have servants to command."
He promised that Mary would have servants to do her bidding

But sir I love a soldier,
Mary told the man that she was in love with a soldier

I've pledged to him my hand.
She had promised to marry the soldier

I don't want your goods nor money
Mary didn't want the man's wealth or possessions

I won't have your house nor land."
She refused his proposal of marriage and his offer of wealth

But her father spoke up sharply
Mary's father interrupted the conversation

"You will do as you are told.
He demanded that Mary obey him

You'll be married on this Sunday
Her father told Mary she would be getting married on the upcoming Sunday

And you'll wear his ring of gold."
He told Mary she would be wearing the man's gold ring

In the village of Kildori
After some time passed

There's a deep stream running by
People in the village found a deep stream nearby

They found Mary there at midnight
Mary was discovered by the stream at midnight

She drowned her soldier boy
Mary had drowned her lover, the soldier she was in love with

In the cottage there was music
Mary's father could still hear the music playing in the house

You can hear her father say
He could be heard saying

"Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
He asked Mary to dance, as if the wedding had gone ahead as planned

You know it's the wedding day."
He said this even though Mary and the soldier were no longer alive and the wedding had not happened

Chorus
The chorus repeats throughout the song, encouraging Mary to dance and marry the wealthy man