Chords for Regular ARMY O -Mick Moloney

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Three years ago this very day [Eb] We [Gm] went to Governor's Isle
[C] For to stand [Ab] against the cannon [C] In true military style
Seventeen American dollars [Eb] Each month we [Gm] cheerly get
[C] For to carry a gun and bayonets With a regimental step
_ [Eb] We had our choice of going To the army or to [C] jail
It's up the [Ab] Hudson River [C]
With a [Bb] copper take a [Ab] sail
We puckered up our courage [Eb] With [Gm] bravery we did go
[C] We coursed the [Bb] day we went away With a regular [C] army-o
[Eb] There was Sergeant John McCaffery And Captain Donahue
[Cm] They made us march and tow The Mark [Gm] and Gallon Company queue
[Ab] But the drums would roll upon me [Eb] so This is [Gm] the style we'd go
[C] Forty miles [Bb] a day on beans and hay In the regular [F] [C] army-o
_ _ _ _ We'd be dry as army herrings [Eb] And as hungry as [Bb] a Turk
[Cm] The boys along the street cry [Gm] out Soldier, would you work?
[C] We'd ship into the Navy [Ab] Or to plough the [Gm] raging seas
[C] But cold water [Bb] sure we couldn't [Ab] endure To [Gm] never [C] agree with [Cm] me
[Eb] We'd join the politicians Then we'd know we'd be well fed
[Cm] For we'd sleep no more upon the [Bb] ground But in a feather bed
[Ab] And if a war it [Cm] should break out They'd call on [Gm] us to go
[C] We'll get [Bb] Italian [Cm] substitutes In the [F] regular army [C]-o
[Eb] There was Sergeant John McCaffery And Captain [Cm]
Donahue
They made us march and tow [Gm] The Mark and Gallon Company queue
[Ab] But the drums would roll upon me [Eb] so This is [Gm] the style we'd go
[C] Forty miles [Bb] a day on beans and hay [F] In the regular army _ -o
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_ _ _ _ We'd be corns upon our heels We'd be [Cm] boys and bunions [Bb] on our [Cm] toes
From lugging the [Ab] gun in the red-hot sun [Bb] With freckles on our [C] nose
England has its grenadiers [Eb] [Gm] France has its zoozoos
[C] The USA [Bb] never changes, they [Eb] say But always [C] wears the blues
_ [Eb] When we are out to pan parade Our muskets must be bright
[Cm] Or they'll slap us in the [Bb] guardhouse To pass away the night
[Ab] And when we want to furlough [Cm] To the Colonel we do go
Go to bed and [Bb] wait till you're dead In the regular [F] army-o _
[Eb] There was Sergeant John McCaffery And Captain Donahue
[Cm] They made us march and tow The [Bb] Mark and Gallon Company queue
[Ab] But the drums would roll upon me [Eb] so This is the [Gm] style we'd go
[Cm] Forty miles a [Bb] day on beans and hay In the [C] regular army-o
[D] There was [Eb] Sergeant John McCaffery And Captain Donahue
[Cm] They made us march and tow The [Gm] Mark and Gallon Company queue
[Ab] But the drums would roll upon me [Eb] so This is the style [Bb] we'd go
[Cm] Forty miles [Bb] a day on beans [F] and hay In the regular [C] army-o
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