I've just been lingering all alone
Down paradise road
When I was kiddie I had a sweetheart
And down there we would go

I'd call her Nellie and she'd call me Joe
And we would run 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 Nelly
She'd sit along Joe

She's 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 my little girl 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 Nelly
She'd sit along Joe

She's got a little hole in her frock
Hole in her shoe
Hole in her sock
Where her toe peeped through

Our Nelly was the smartest
Down our alley

On Mother Kelly's doorstep
I'm wondering now
If my little girl Nelly
Remembers Joe, her beau

And does she love me
Like she used to
On Mother Kelly's doorstep
Down Paradise Row.

