Arthur McBride chords by Keith Harkin
Verse 1
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Pulled me in because
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of what Ar thur McBride
As we went a -walkin'
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down by the seaside
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No mark what follows what they betide
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For it be an old Christmas morning
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Good morning, good morning,
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the sergeant did cry
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And the same to you,
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gentlemen, we replied
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Intended no harm, but meant to pass by
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For it'd be an old Christmas morning
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And a soldier, he always is decent and clean
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In the finest of clothing
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he's constantly seen
While other poor fellows
look dirty and mean
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And sup off and gruel in the morning
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Says Arthur, I wouldn't be
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proud of your clothes
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For you've only a lend of them,
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as I suppose
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And you dare not change
for one night that you know
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If you do, you'll be flogged
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in the mornin'
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And although that we are single and free
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We take great delight in
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our own company
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And we have no desire,
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strange faces to see
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Although that your offer
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s are charming
Oh no, says the sergeant,
I'll have no such chat
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And I neither will take it from
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Spalking nor Bratton
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For if you insult me with one other word
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I'll cut off your head in the morning
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And then Ar thur and I,
we soon drew our odds
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And we scarce gave them time
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to turn all the wrong blades
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When a trusty chalet lay over their heads
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And bade them take that as fair warning
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And they were all rusty rapiers
hung by their sides
And we flung them as far as
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we could in the tide
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Now take them out devils,
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cried Arthur McBride
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And temper their edge in the mornin'
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And the little wee drummer
we flattened his pouch
And we made a football
of his rowdy dow -dow
And threw it in the tide
for to rock and to roll
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And bid him a tedious returnin'
Oh me and me cousin
what are the McBride
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As we went walking down by the seaside
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Now mark what follows, what the betide
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For it bein' a Christmas mornin'
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Arthur McBride
Keith Harkin
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