Kitty blushed in the full bloom of spring Carefree and wild as a bird on the wing Unencumbered by love's tender strings She lived by the Point Ellice shore From far and wide, like moths to a flame Calling and courting the gentlemen came Still she bided her time, content to remain In the house by the Point Ellice shore There was not a one so fare Timeless beauty and devil may care At the height of Victorian flare With paints, easel and garden Oh, the scores of hearts she snared Few resisted and few were spared Though they pined oh, the less she could care No one could kindle her ardour Kitty died, a solit'ry rose She never had wed; she'd seldom left home Having never found love, was her heart turned to stone? All alone by the Point Ellice shore Many years have come and have gone A story's told so the legend lives on That a maid with a blue dress on Still haunts the house by the harbour And there, I fear the ghost of fare Kitty O'Reilly Will haunt evermore |