Key: B major•
Verse 1
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Oh daughter, dear daughter
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Take warning from me
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With the NAACP
Verse 2
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And shove you into bed
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And if they steal your nuclear secret
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She'll wish you were dead
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Singin', "Too- roo- la, too-
Verse 3
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too- roo- la- ay"
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Verse 4
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You get the gist of the song
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now?
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When we get to the chorus again,
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Verse 5
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C#m
Oh mother, dear mother
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No, I'm not afraid
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And I'll return a vir gin maid
Verse 6
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With a brick in my handbag
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And a smile on my face
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To shed off disgrace
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Verse 7
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Alright now, hootenannytime
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Come on, let's go
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Singin',
Verse 8
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"Too- roo- la, too- roo- la,
F#m
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too- roo- la- ay"
They didn't get it that time,
we're gonna do it again
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too- roo- la- ay"
Interlude 1
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C#m
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Verse 9
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I forgot the next verse
Interlude 2
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I forgot it
Verse 10
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Well, I'll take my time
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didn't I? Yeah
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Okay, I got it now
Verse 11
C#m
F#m
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A young man came by
Verse 12
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To remember her brick
Verse 13
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G#m
And before she had time
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To remember her brick
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On a neighbouring hay rig
Verse 14
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this is the audience participation,
come on
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Singin',
Verse 15
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"Too- roo- la, too- roo- la,
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too- roo- la- ay"
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C#m
Singin', "Too- roo- la, too- roo- la,
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too- roo- la- ay"
That's better
That makes up for all the times
you went to the bar
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When you weren't supposed
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to do it
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Verse 16
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Verse 17
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C#m
For meeting is pleasure
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And parting is pain
And if I have a great concert
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Maybe I won't have to sing
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those folk songs again
Verse 18
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G#m
Oh mother, dear mother
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I'm stiff and I'm sore
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On a hard classroom floor
Verse 19
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Singin', "Too- roo- la, too- roo- la,
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too- roo- la- ay", come on
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too- roo- la- ay"
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Verse 20
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I miss one verse,
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I forgot which one it was now
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Oh, I know what it is
Verse 21
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She'd heard a man say
"Go perfectly limp"
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Verse 22
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"And be carried away"
G#m
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suggested
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It was
Verse 23
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time she was kissed
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And then did not resist
Let's go
Verse 24
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Singin', "Too- roo- la, too- roo- la,
F#m
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too- roo- la- ay"
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Verse 25
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Oh mother, dear mother
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No need for distress
Verse 26
What a funny song
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And if we win Though a
Verse 27
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He won't have to march
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Like his da- da and me
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