Mrs. McGrath chords by Dennis Day
Verse 1
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Now, Mrs. McGrath,
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the sergeant said,
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Would you like to make a soldier
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out of your son, Ted?
With a scarlet coat and a big cock -tat?
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No, Mrs. McGrath, wouldn't you like that?
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Now, Mrs. Mc Grath lived
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on the seashore
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For the space of sev en
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long years or more
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Till she saw a big ship
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sailing into the bay
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Here's my son Ted,
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wish you'd clear the way
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Winch -a -do -ri -a, fa -la -di -do -la
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Do -ri -oo -ri -oo -ri -a
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Winch -a -do -ri -a, fa -la -di -do -la
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Do -ri -oo -ri -oo -ri -a
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Then up comes Ted without any legs
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And in their place he has
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two wooden pegs
She kissed him a dozen times or two
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Saying, holy Moses, it isn't you
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Winter toorai -a, fa -da -di -ba -la
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Toorai, oorai, oorai -a
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Winter toorai -a, fa -da -di -ba -la
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Toorai, oorai, oorai -a
Now, were you drunk or were you blind
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When you left your two fine legs behind?
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Or was it walking upon the se?
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Were your two fine legs
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from the knees away?
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Winter toorai -a, fa -da -di -ba -la
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Toorai, oorai, oorai -a
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Which is hooray -ah,
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for the middle -ah,
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Hooray, hooray, hooray -ah
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I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind,
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But I left my two fine legs behind
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For a cannonball on the fifth of May
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Took me two fine legs
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from the knees away
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Which is hooray -ah,
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for the middle -ah,
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Hooray, hooray, hooray -ah
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Which is hooray -ah,
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for the middle -ah,
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Hooray, hooray, hooray -ah
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Oh, Teddy, me bide, the widow cried,
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Your two fine legs
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were your mother's pride,
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Them stumps of a tree
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wouldn't do at all,
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Why did n't you run from the
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big cannonball?
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Wiggies do -ri -a, fa -la -di -la -la,
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Do -ri -oo -ri -oo -ri -a!
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Wiggies do -ri -a, fa -la -di -la -la,
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Do -ri -oo -ri -oo -ri -a!
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Now, foreign wars I do proclaim,
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Between Don John and the
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King of Spain,
For I'd rather have me
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Ted as he used to be
Than the King of France
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and his whole navy
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With your do -ri -a, fa -la -di -da -la
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Do -ri -u -ri -u -ri -a
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With your do -ri -a, fa -la -di -da -la
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Do -ri -u -ri -u -ri -a
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With your do -ri -a, fa -la -di -da -la
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Do -ri -u -ri -u -ri -a
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With your do -ri -a, fa -la -di -da -la
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Do -ri -u -ri -u -ri -a
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With your do -ri -a, fa -la
Mrs. McGrath
Dennis Day
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