Chords for Tiernan McBride's film of Paul Brady's 'Arthur McBride'.mpg

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Oh me and me cousin, what a thing of weight [Db] As we [Ab] went walking [Db] down by the seaside
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[Ab] what did we tithe For a bee in our useless [Eb] _
morning
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] Out for recreation we went on a trow [Db] And we [Ab] met Sergeant [Db] Knuckle and Corporal Thomp
[Ab] And a little wee Pearl were intendin' to come For the day the _ [Eb] [Ab] Inquisitrion
Good _ _ _ _ [Bbm] morning, good [Ab] morning the Sergeant did cry [Db] And the [Ab] [Db] saintly gentlemen did reply
[Ab] _ [Gb] Intendin' no [Ab] harm was meant to pass by For it be an on Christmas [Eb] morning
[Ab] But says he my [Eb] fine [Ab] fellows if you'll enlist It's [Db] ten [Ab] guineas a bowl I [Db] will slip in your fist
[Ab] And a [Eb] crown and a bargain [Ab] to pick up the dust And drink the king's [Eb] health from the [Ab] mornin' _
For a soldier he leads a very fine life And he always is blessed with a [Db] charming young [Ab] wife
And he pays all his debts by sorrow or strife And always lives pleasant [Eb] and charming
[Cm] And a soldier [Eb] he always [Ab] is decent and clean [Db] In the [Ab] finest of [Db] clothing he's constantly seen
[Ab] While other fair fellows go dirty and mean And sup on thin grill in [Eb] the [Ab] mornin'
_ _ _ But says [Eb] Arthur I wouldn't be [Ab] proud of your clothes I've only the land of [Db] Amherst I suppose
[Ab] And you dare not change them one night for you know [Db] If you [Ab] do you'll be flogged in the [Eb] mornin'
[Ab] And although [Eb] that we [Ab] are single and [Db] free We [Ab] take great [Db] delight in our own company
[Ab] And we have [Bbm] no [Ab] desire strange faces to see Although a juror offers [Eb] our [Ab] charm
[Eb] And [Ab] we have no desire to take your [Bbm] advance [Db] All hazards [Ab] and [Db] dangers we barter on [Ab] chance
For you would have [Bbm] no [Ab] scruples for to send us to France Where we would get shot [Eb] without war
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_ _ Oh no [Eb] says the [Ab] sergeant I'll have no such chat And [Db] I [Ab] neither will take it for [Db] a spousy neglect
[Ab] For [Eb] if you insult me [Ab] with one other word I'll cut off your [Eb] heads in the mornin'
And [Ab] in [Eb] our fairy line [Ab] we send through our huds And we scarce give them time [Db] for to draw their own blades
[Ab] When a [Eb] trusty [Ab] shirele came over their heads And bad and take that [Eb] as their [Ab] warning _ _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] And their own [Eb] rusty refuse [Ab] that hung by their sides [Db] We [Ab] flung them as [Db] far as the cold and the tide
[Ab] Now take them [Eb] out [Ab] devils like Arthur MacBride And temper the wretch [Eb] in the mornin'
[Ab] And a little [Eb] wee drummer [Ab] we flattened his pal And we made a football [Db] of his round the bell
[Ab] Threw it in the [Eb] tide [Ab] to rock and to roll And bartered to tedious [Eb]
[Ab] returning
_ And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] so to [Ab] conclude and to finish disputes [Db] We'll [Ab] blindingly [Db] ask if they want to be first
[Ab] For [Bbm] we the [Ab] lads would give them hard clouts And bid them look [Eb] sharp in the [Ab] mornin' _
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Oh me [Bbm] and me [Gm] cousin [Ab] Lord Arthur MacBride [Db] As we [Ab] went a [Db]-walkin' down by the [Ab] seaside
Now [Bbm] mark what followed [Ab] what did we tide For it bein' on Christmas [Eb] _
[Ab] mornin'
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