Baron: Oh say gentle maiden, may I be your lover?

Condemn me no longer to mourn and to weep

Struck down like a hart I lie wounded and fainting

Let down your drawbridge, I'll enter your keep.

Chorus: Enter your keep, nonnie, nonnie, enter your keep.

Let down your drawbridge, I'll enter your keep.

Maiden: Alas gentle baron, I am not a maiden,

I'm wed to Sir Oswald, that cunning old Celt

He's gone to the wars for a twelvemonth or longer

And he's taken the keys to my Chastity belt.

Chorus: Chastity belt, nonnie, nonnie, Chastity belt.

He's taken the keys to my Chastity belt.

Baron: Fear not gentle maiden, for I know a blacksmith

To his forge we will go, on his door we will knock

And we will avail us of his specialized knowledge

I'm sure he'll be able to unpick your lock.

Chorus: Unpick your lock, nonnie, nonnie, unpick your lock.

I'm sure he'll be able to unpick your lock.

Locksmith: Alas sir and madam, to help I'm unable

My specialized knoweldge is to no avail

I can't find the secret to your combinations

The crafty old baron has fitted a Yale.

Chorus: Fitted a Yale, nonnie, nonnie, fitted a Yale.

The crafty old baron has fitted a Yale.

Sir Osawald: I'm back from the wars with sad news of disaster

A terrible story I have to confide

As my ship was sailing the Straights of Gibraltar

I carelessly dropped the key over the side.

Chorus: Over the side, nonnie, nonnie, over the side.

I carelessly dropped the key over the side.

Maiden: Alas and alack then, I'm locked up forever

Chorus: When up stepped a page boy, saying Leave it to me.

Page Boy: If you will allow me to enter your chamber

I'll open you up with my duplicate key.

Chorus: Duplicate key, nonnie, nonnie, duplicate key.

I'll open you up with my duplicate key.