Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Step it out Mary, if you can
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Show your legs to the countryman
In the village of Kildoran, lived a maiden young and fair
Her eyes they shone like diamonds, she had long and golden hair
The countryman came riding, up to her daddy's gates
Mounted on a milk white stallion, he came at the stroke of eight
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Step it out Mary, if you can
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Show your legs to the countryman
I've come to court your daughter, Mary of the golden hair
I have gold and I have silver, I have lands beyond compare
I will buy her silks and satins and a gold ring for her hand
I'll buy her a mansion, she'll have servants to command
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Step it out Mary, if you can
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Show your legs to the countryman
Oh kind sir I love a soldier, I've pledged to him my hand
I don't want your gold nor silver, I don't want your horse nor land.
Mary's father spoke up sharply: "You will do as you are told
You'll marry him on Sunday and you'll wear that ring of gold"
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Step it out Mary, if you can
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Show your legs to the countryman
In the village of Kildoran, there's a deep stream running by
They found Mary there on sunday, she had drowned with the soldier boy
In the cottage there is music, you can hear her daddy say:
"Step it out Mary my fine daughter, Sunday is your wedding day"
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Step it out Mary, if you can
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Show your legs to the countryman