Chords for The Oldham tinkers:-The Night John Willie Took His Ferret To A Do

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_ _ _ _ _ [C#] I was [D] there, [A] so were you, [F#] The moor and the vicar, [B] all the council too,
[C#] With the wives and ladies [A] on full view, [D] The night John Willie took [Cm] his furry to a [D] do. _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] He slipped his lead with some butter [Bm] from the sauce,
He pattened all the table with his dirty [F#] little paws,
_ [B] _ Oh, said the vicar's wife, this rabbit isn't [D] dead,
[B] As he danced a little jig around the hat upon her [A] head.
[D] I was there, so were you, [F#]
The [D] moor and the vicar, [Am] all the council too,
[C#] With the wives and [A] ladies on full view, [D] The night John Willie took his furry to a do. _
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[B] Ran down her collar and down the front he tore,
He wriggled down her knicker leg and danced upon [F#] the floor,
_ Oh, said [G] the vicar, that's a sewer rat [D] I'm sure, _
[E] Well if that's the case his wife [F#] replied, I wish we had some more.
I [D] was there, [A] so were you, The [G] moor and [A] the vicar, all the council too,
[F#m] With the wives and [D] ladies on [A] full view, The [D] night John Willie [Cm] took his furry [D] to a do. _
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[Bm] He shrank through the soup and he [G] nibbled up the [Bm] peas,
He dribbled all the gravy down the [B]
moor's knocky [F#] knees,
_ [Bm] And then he [G] quenched his furry's thirst [F#m] with half a pint of [D] shandy,
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And then [B] relieved his little self in Mrs.
Briley's brandy.
[D] I was there, [A] so were you, [D] The moor and the vicar, [A] all the council too,
[D] With the wives and [A] ladies on full view, [D] The night John Willie took his furry to a do. _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] The ladies left their tables [Em] and began to dance with [B] fright,
They shouted out in panic at [Bm] the little [F#] furry's sight,
_ He [G] nibbled at their stockings and he tickled all [D] their knees,
And [Em] the vicar's wife [Bm] kept shouting, give me [B] some of that please.
[D] I was there, [A] so were you, The moor [C#] and the vicar, all the [A] council too,
With the [D] wives and ladies [Am] on full view, The night John Willie took his [D] furry to a do. _ _ _
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He put in his innings and he swam [Bm] about the punt,
He [B] herded all the ladies in a corner in [F#] a bunch,
And just to end [G] the escapade he did a little [D] quickie,
_ He ran up the [Bm] speaker's dinner [F#] suit and [Bm] nippled at his collar.
I [D] was there, [A] so were you, [D] The moor and the vicar, all the council too,
With the wives and ladies [A] on full view, The [F#m] night John Willie took his [D] furry to a do.
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_ _ [G] they put him in a box, [Bm]
they gave him anaesthetic from the vicar's [F#] woolly socks,
_ [B] They sang him [G] Annie Laurie in the moor's own [D] car,
And then _ [E] they got him [Bm] back as fast as [F#] hell to John [Bm] Willie's pen.
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I was there, [A] so were you, [D] The moor and the [A] vicar, all the council too,
With [D] the wives and ladies [A] on full view, The [F#m] night John Willie took his furry to a do. _ _
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