A beautiful girl A beautiful irish girl A beautiful girl Cathleen And if the song that I write is no good Won't you listen to it please anyway And if the words that I write are misunderstood Won't you listen to them please anyway This song is for cathleen Cathleen Cathleen A beautiful girl cathleen Cathleen Cathleen A beautiful girl cathleen And if you hear I was kissing another Don't be jealous it's only your mother So take it from father to daughter This song is for cathleen And if you hear that I kissed your sister Don't be jealous for how could I resist her Don't be angry for one day you might miss her She's oh so like cathleen Cathleen Cathleen A beautiful girl cathleen Cathleen Cathleen A beautiful girl cathleen Cathleen Cathleen A beautiful girl A beautiful irish girl A beautiful girl A beautiful irish girl Cathleen So if the song that I write is no good Won't you listen to it please anyway And if the words that I write are misunderstood Listen to them please anyway This song is for cathleen Cathleen Cathleen A beautiful girl cathleen Cathleen Cathleen A beautiful girl cathleen Cathleen Cathleen A beautiful girl cathleen Cathleen Cathleen She's a beautiful girl A beautiful irish girl A beautiful girl A beautiful irish girl Cathleen Now shut up and go to bed!