Plymouth Lament chords by Cyril Tawney

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Verse 1
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Oh, if I was as poor as a pauper
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Then I wouldn't have money to spend
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If I didn't have money to spend,
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me boys
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Wouldn't drink till the long
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days end
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Wouldn't drink till the long day's end
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Oh, its water was made for the fishes
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And whisky was made for man
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And woman was made to
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preen and pride
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To the end of her long life -span
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To the end of her long life -span
It's a wise man who
works his own garden
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But sometimes it's better to roam
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Cause I know that I'm only
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your side love, dear
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Till the day that your real love comes home
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Till the day that your real love comes home
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I'll wander again out to Meavey
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To gaze at the old Meavey tree
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With death at the heart
of a lingering life
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There's so little between
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him and me
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There's so little between him and me
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Oh, if I was as poor as a pauper
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Then I wouldn't have money to spend
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If I didn't have money to spend
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Wouldn't drink till the
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long day's end
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Wouldn't drink till the long day's end