arthur mcbride chords by
Paul Brady

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Oh, me and my cousin one Arthur McBride

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As we went a- walking

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down by the seaside

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Now mark what followed

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and what did betide

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For it being on Christmas morning

Verse 2

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Out for recreation we went on a tramp

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And we met sergeant napper

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and corporal vamp

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And the little wee drummer

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intending to camp

For the day being pleasant

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and charming

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Verse 3

"Good morning,

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good morning," the sergeant did cry

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"And the same to you gen

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tlemen," we did reply

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"Intending no harm

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but meant to pass by"

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"For it being on christmas morning"

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But says he, "My fine fellows if

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you would enlist"

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"It's ten guineas of gold

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I will slip in your fist"

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"And a crown in the bargain

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for to kick up the dust"

"And drink the king's

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health in the morning"

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"For

Verse 4

a soldier he leads

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a very fine life"

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"And he always is blessed with a charm

ing young wife"

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"And he pays all his debts without

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sorrow and strife"

"And always lives pleasant

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and charming"

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"And a soldier he always

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is decent and clean"

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"In the finest of clothing he is con

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stantly seen"

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"While other poor fellows

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go dirty and mean"

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"And sup on thin gruel in the morning"

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Interlude 1

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Verse 5

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But says Arthur,

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"I wouldn't be proud of your clothes"

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"For you've only the lend

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of them as I suppose"

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"And you dare not change

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them one night for you know"

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"If you do you'll be flogged

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in the morning"

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"And although that we are

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single and free"

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"We take great delight in our

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own company"

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"And we have no desires

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strange faces to see"

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"Although that your offers are charming"

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Verse 6

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"And we have no desire

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to take your advance"

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"All hazards and dangers

we barter on chance"

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"For you would have no scruples

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to send us to france"

"Where we would get

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shot without warning"

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Verse 7

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"Oh now," says the sergeant,

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"I'll have no such chat"

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"And I neither will take it from

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small penal brats"

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"For if you insult me with

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one other word"

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"I'll cut off your heads in the morning"

Verse 8

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And then Arthur and I we

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soon drew our hods

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And we scarce gave them time for

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to draw their own blades

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When a trusty shillelagh

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came over their heads

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And bade them take that as fair warning

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And their own rusty rapiers

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that hung by their sides

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We flung them as far as we could in the tide

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"Now take them up devils!"

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cried Ar thur McBride

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"And temper their edge in the morning"

Verse 9

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And the little wee drummer

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we flattened his bow

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And we made a football of his

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rowdy- dow- dow

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Threw it in the tide for to rock and to roll

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And bade it a tedious returning

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And we haven't no money

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paid them off in cracks

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And we paid no re spect to

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their two bloody backs

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For we lathered them there

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like a pair of wet sacks

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And left them for dead in the morning

Verse 10

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And so to conclude and to finish disputes

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We obligingly asked

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them if they wanted recruits

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For we were the lads who

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would give them hard clouts

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And bid them look sharp in the morning

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Interlude 2

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Verse 11

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Oh, me

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and my cousin one Arthur McBride

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As we went a- walking

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down by the seaside

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Now mark what followed

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and what did betide

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For it being on Christmas morning

Outro 1

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