What will he do now that he's a man He should be settling down. Before he had married a local girl And stayed right here in town. Now he's leaving the artists life And hes taken the poets role. And hes fallen deep in love with an Irish girl And shes captured his heart and soul. What will they do when they are wed For a poets pay is poor. Sleeping a night on a borrowed bed And traipsing from door to door. I dont know and it troubles me so But they've gone and taken their vows. And he has married his Irish girl So they'll have to manage somehow. What will they do when the children come As the children surely will. How will she cope when he drinks till' he's numb To forget his debts and bills. Shes not much more then a girl herself Now a loving mother and nurse. Ahh but he has married his Irish girl For better or for worse. For a handsome man she would be a gift So for him she is a prize. With her high complexion and her corn blonde hair And blue alluring eyes. Now they wake in eachothers arms And she is the poets wife. And though he may wander from his Irish girl He will love her all his life. And though he may wander from his Irish girl He will love her all his life.