Me coal, me coal-haired lady from the west I have given you, doll, me very best Been drunk so many times in your pressence In my engine, you´re the essence I have drunk my every penny + pounds My friends just to stay another round Just to take another look at you Me coal-haired lady chartreuse Pardon me, oh fathom me What´s your reason not to see me? Pardon me, oh fathom me You have no reason not to kiss me I have sat & pondered crying And wondered what you wear beneathe your clothes I have thought about your mother + the crows That sit in the apple trees at the bottom of her gardens Pardon me, oh fathom me Tell me, what´s your reason for not seeing me Pardon me, oh fathom me ´Cause you have no reason for not kissing me I have told my friends chartreuse is your name And that I´ve an infatuation I want us to be a plural I know a little place way out in the rural You do not know what I would do just to kiss Your coward country lips And not think about sex for a change Chartreuse I think I love you Pardon me, oh fathom me What´s your reason not to see me? Pardon me, oh fathom me What´s your reason not to kiss me? Pardon me, oh fathom me Tell me, what´s your reason for not seeing me Pardon me, oh fathom me ´Cause you have no reason not to kiss me Kiss me