verse 1
I've just been lingering all alone
Down Paradise Row
When I was a kiddy I'd a sweetheart
Down there we would go
I'd call her Nelly and she'd call me Joe
And we would romp there hand in hand
Then we'd both sit down on a doorstep there
And we'd picture the future grand
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row
I'd sit along o' Nelly she'd sit along o' Joe
She'd got a little hole in her frock
Hole in her shoe hole in her sock where her toe peeped through
But Nelly was the smartest down our alley
On Mother Kelly's doorstep I'm wondering now
If li'l gal Nelly remembers Joe her beau
And does she love me like she used to
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row
verse 2
The cobblestones were a meadow sweet
To Nelly and me
The smoky chimney on the housetop
Was a beautiful tree
And old Brown's donkey was a big baa lamb
And Mother Kelly in the house
On a wash day holding her pail
Was Mary the milkmaid milking cows
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row
I'd sit along o' Nelly she'd sit along o' Joe
She'd got a little hole in her frock
Hole in her shoe hole in her sock where her toe peeped through
But Nelly was the smartest down our alley
On Mother Kelly's doorstep I'm wondering now
If li'l gal Nelly remembers Joe her beau
And does she love me like she used to
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row
I'd sit along o' Nelly she'd sit along o' Joe
She'd got a little hole in her frock
Hole in her shoe hole in her sock where her toe peeped through
But Nelly was the smartest down our alley
On Mother Kelly's doorstep I'm wondering now
If li'l gal Nelly remembers Joe her beau
And does she love me like she used to
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row