Key: Eb major
Verse 1
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Here's to the
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lass in Lancashire town
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Here's to the maid in the Cadillac o' gown
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I vow and declare he loved her so dear
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Cos she did wear pretty caps upon her hair
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for a dollar dollar day.
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Master came home so late in the night
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light him with her light
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to drive away his cares
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But Mrs she saw them go ing upstairs
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for a dollar dollar day.
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then I'll send Betsy down
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Bet sy to her bed
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Says, I for you, Master,
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will wait up instead
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For la -da -la -da -la -day
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Mrs went down for to see who was there,
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tumbled her down,
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And into her pocket he
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slipped half a crown,
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For the dollar dollar day.
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see what was the cause.
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laughing at the fun,
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To think that the Master
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and Betsy was undone
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Fa la da la da la day
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Early next morning a bell she did ring
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come running in
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your master gave to me
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I'm sure we all know
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it was intended for thee
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Fa la da la da la day
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She took her by the shoulders
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for both a wife and a whore
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And that is the thing I cannot endure
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For Master,
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he never gives me of my share
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For a dollar a day you
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