There's Nothing To Be Had Without Money chords by Ewan MacColl
Verse 1
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Oh, say
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You gallants and you swaggering blades
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give ear unto my ditty.
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I am a boon companion
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known in country, town or city.
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I always love to wear good clothes
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and ever scorn to take blows.
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I am beloved of all men,
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O, but God a mercy penny.
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My father was a man well -known
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That used to hoard up money.
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His bags of gold, he said to him,
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More sweeter were than honey.
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But I, son, will let it fly
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In tavern not ordinary.
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I am beloved in company,
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But God have mercy, pay me.
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All parts of London I have tried
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Where mer chants wears aplenty.
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The royal exchange in fair Cheapside,
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With speeches fine and dainty,
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They bring me in, for to behold
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Their shops of silver and of gold,
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There might I choose what wares I would,
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But God, a mercy penny!
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For my contentment once a day
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I walk for recreation
Through Paul's Lock Gate
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and Fleet Street Gate
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To raise an elevation
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Sometimes my humor is to range
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To temples strand a new exchange
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To see their fashions rare and strange
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But God, a mercy penny
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famous Abbey I have seen
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And have the pictures viewed
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Of many a noble king and queen
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Which are by death subdued
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And having seen the sights most rare
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The watermen fully ready were
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Me or the river Thames to bear
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But God, mercy penny.
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Beggarden, when I do frequent
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All the globe on the bank side,
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Therefore to me most recontent,
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As I full oft have tried,
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The best pastime that they can make
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They instantly will undertake,
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For my delight and pleasure's sake,
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But God, a mercy penny!
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In every place whereas I come,
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Both I and my sweet penny
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Got entertainment in the same,
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And got the love of many.
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Both tapsters, cooks, and vintners fine,
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With other jovial friends of mine,
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Will pledge my health in beer or wine,
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But God a mercy penny.
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Yet will I never, niggard, be
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While I remain in earth,
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But spend my money frolically
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In friendship, love, and mirth.
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I'll drink my beer, I'll pay my score,
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And eek dispense some of my store,
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And to the needy and the poor
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I'll freely give my penny.
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Thus to conclude, as I began,
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I wholly am inclined,
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Wishing that each true -hearted man
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A faithful friend may find.
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You that my verses stay to hear,
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Draw money for to buy me beer,
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The price of it is not too dear,
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It will cost you but a penny.
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There's Nothing To Be Had Without Money
Ewan MacColl
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