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 little girl Nelly
Remembers Joe
Her beau
And does she love him
Like she used to
On Mother Kelly's doorstep
Down Paradise Row
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 little girl Nelly
Remembers Joe
Her beau
And does she love him
Like she used to