השיר נכתב ע"י שון מק'קארתי ב-1967 והושר שוב ע"י להקת "דרוויש" ב-1999.
דמותה של מרי בשיר מסמלת אולי את דמות האישה הכל-יכולה, המפתה הפאסיבית, אשר
לא עושה כלום מצידה והגברים בכל זאת נופלים לרגליה.

מוקדש ל"דרוויש" המופלאים: קאתי, בריאן, טום, ליאם, שיין, שיימוס ומייקל.

מילות השיר:


As I was going to the fair of Dingle one fine morning Last July
A fine young man came up behind me "Red-Haired Mary" he did cry.

"Will you come with me, my Red-Haired Mary?
The donkey, he can carry two"
I looked at him, me eyes did twinkle, me cheeks- they were a rosy hue.

"Thank you, kindly sir" I answered then I tossed me light red hair
Says I: "Will you hold the donkey and I'll ride with you to the Dingle
fair"

Oh when we reached the town of dingle, he caught me hand to say goodbye
When a tinker- he came up behind him, hit him right in his left eye.

"Will you take your hands off Red-Haired Mary, she and I are to be wed
We were with the priest this very morn, tonight we'll lie in our marriage
bed"

Well, he was feeling very peevish, his poor eye was sad and sore
He kicked the tinker in his hobnails
Knocked him through Tom Murphy's door

He galloped out to meet his father, the tallest man you ever did meet
He trapped him gently with his knuckles and now he's missing two front
teeth

Oh, wasn't I the happy calling: "Man, with you I'll go I said
Never mind the priest this very morn, tonight we sleep in Murphy's shed

Around the corner came a peeler, told him I had broke the law
The donkey kicked him on the kneecap, he fell down and brock his jaw

Oh, through the fair we roamed together, his black eye and my red hair
Gazing gaily at the tinker- weren't we the happy pair?