Tonalidad: G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Oh, me and my cousin one Arthur McBride
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As we went a- walking
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down by the seaside
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Now mark what followed
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and what did betide
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For it being on Christmas morning
Verse 2
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Out for recreation we went on a tramp
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And we met sergeant napper
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and corporal vamp
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And the little wee drummer
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intending to camp
For the day being pleasant
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and charming
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Verse 3
"Good morning,
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good morning," the sergeant did cry
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"And the same to you gen
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tlemen," we did reply
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"Intending no harm
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but meant to pass by"
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"For it being on christmas morning"
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But says he, "My fine fellows if
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you would enlist"
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"It's ten guineas of gold
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I will slip in your fist"
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"And a crown in the bargain
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for to kick up the dust"
"And drink the king's
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health in the morning"
Verse 4
a soldier he leads
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a very fine life"
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"And he always is blessed with a charm
ing young wife"
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"And he pays all his debts without
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sorrow and strife"
"And always lives pleasant
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"And a soldier he always
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is decent and clean"
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"In the finest of clothing he is con
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stantly seen"
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"While other poor fellows
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go dirty and mean"
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"And sup on thin gruel in the morning"
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Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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But says Arthur,
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"I wouldn't be proud of your clothes"
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"For you've only the lend
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of them as I suppose"
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"And you dare not change
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them one night for you know"
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"If you do you'll be flogged
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in the morning"
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"And although that we are
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single and free"
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"We take great delight in our
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"And we have no desires
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strange faces to see"
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"Although that your offers are charming"
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Verse 6
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"And we have no desire
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to take your advance"
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"All hazards and dangers
we barter on chance"
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"For you would have no scruples
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to send us to france"
"Where we would get
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shot without warning"
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Verse 7
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"Oh now," says the sergeant,
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"I'll have no such chat"
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"And I neither will take it from
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small penal brats"
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"For if you insult me with
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one other word"
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"I'll cut off your heads in the morning"
Verse 8
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And then Arthur and I we
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soon drew our hods
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And we scarce gave them time for
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to draw their own blades
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When a trusty shillelagh
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came over their heads
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And bade them take that as fair warning
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And their own rusty rapiers
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that hung by their sides
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We flung them as far as we could in the tide
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"Now take them up devils!"
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cried Ar thur McBride
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"And temper their edge in the morning"
Verse 9
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And the little wee drummer
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we flattened his bow
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And we made a football of his
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rowdy- dow- dow
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Threw it in the tide for to rock and to roll
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And bade it a tedious returning
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And we haven't no money
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paid them off in cracks
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And we paid no re spect to
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their two bloody backs
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For we lathered them there
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like a pair of wet sacks
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And left them for dead in the morning
Verse 10
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And so to conclude and to finish disputes
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We obligingly asked
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them if they wanted recruits
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For we were the lads who
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would give them hard clouts
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And bid them look sharp in the morning
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Interlude 2
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Verse 11
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Oh, me
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and my cousin one Arthur McBride
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As we went a- walking
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down by the seaside
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Now mark what followed
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and what did betide
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For it being on Christmas morning
Outro 1
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