Key: G major
Verse 1
B
Bishop danced with a
thumbscrew woman
Did a double- quick back flip
and slid across the floor
E
The Catholic traffic flowed
B
freely 'cross the river
And fiddlestick fiddled
F#
E
quick out the front door
B
Oh baby dumpling,
mama's in the back tree
E
B
If the bow breaks mama might fall
Little sad and only,
E
baby don't be lonely
B
Mama knows 'rithmatic, knows
F#
G#m
how to take a fall
B
Mama knows 'rithmatic, knows
F#
E
how to take a fall
Verse 2
B
E
And the kids are crying "Flapjacks,
B
make'em fat, early in the mornin'
E
Little Jack, grab your hat,
B
hear the breakfast call
E
Muskrat, bat a cat,
B
kick him in the fireplace
There's someone in the kitchen blowing
"Dinah" on their horn
There's someone in the kitchen blowing
F#
E
"D inah" like they're born
B
F#
Verse 3
F#
B
Well maverick daddy got
one- eyed bridge
She glides like a monkey- mule
G#m
F#
kicking on the back slide
E
B
Over hill, over hill, daddy
don't you spill now
E
Papa got a switch stick,
B
he's pumping little Bill
E
Papa got a switch stick,
F#
E
B
he's pumping little Bill
E
And Billy, he's crying "Tomahawk,
B
tomahawk, daddy better duck now"
E
The Mo hawks, the Mohawks,
B
E
they're still out there in the woods
B
Monatuk,
Ocanuk, runnin' through my dreams now
With fire on their fingertips
and Indian screams
With fire on their fingertips and
F#
E
feathers made of moonbeams
B
F#
Interlude 1
B
E
B
F#
E
B
F#
B
E
B
F#
E
B
F#
Verse 4
Well
B
early in the morning the cannoneer cried
"I seen the sailor's warning
in the western sky"
E
Well mountain man, if you can,
B
cut me down a fir tree
E
Branches full of candlesticks
F#
E
B
for baby and me
E
And my darling cried, she said "Honey,
the weather- vane
F#
B
lately it's been pointing
the way to heaven
F#
E
Scatterbrains, scatterbrains,
B
watch out where you fall
E
Champagne, champagne,
B
a round for all the old choir boys
F#
B
They're busting off the altar chasing
Dinah through the hall
They're bustin' off the altar chasing
F#
E
Dinah through the hall
Verse 5
B
E
And the kids are crying "Flapjacks,
B
make'em fat, early in the mornin'
E
Little Jack, grab your hat,
B
hear the breakfast call
E
Muskrat, bat a cat,
B
kick him in the fireplace
There's someone in the kitchen blowing
"Dinah" on their horn
There's someone in the kitchen blowing
F#
E
"Dinah" like they're born
Outro 1
E
B
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ChordsB E F# G#m
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