\selectlanguage{english}
\songcolumns{2}
\beginsong{Arthur Mac Bride}[by=Traditional]

\lilypond{arthur_mac_bride}

\beginverse
I \[G]had a first cousin call'd Arthur McBride,
He and \[C]I took a \[G]stroll down \[C]by the sea\[Am]side
a-\[G]seeking good fortune and what would betide,
'Twas just as the \[D]morning was \[C]dawn\[D7]ing.
Then \[G]after resting we \[C]both took a \[D7]tramp,
We \[Am]met sergeant \[G]Harper and \[C]Corporal \[Am]Cramp,
Be\[G]sides the wee \[Am]drummer that \[G/h]beat up for \[G/d]camp,
With his \[G]Row-do-dow-\[D7]dow in the \[G]morning.
\endverse

\beginverse
He says: "My good fellows, if you will enlist
Ten guineas in gold you shall have in your fist,
Besides a crown to kick up the dust
And drink the king's health in the morning."
"If we'd been such fools as to take the advance,
The wee a bit more we had to run chance;
For you think it no scruple to send us to France,
Where we would be shot in the morning."
\endverse

\beginverse
He says: "My good fellwos, if I hear but one word,
I instantly now will out with my sword,
And into your body as strength will afford,
So now, my gay fellows, take warning!"
But Arthur and I we took the odds,
We gave them no time for to launch out their swords;
With a spring o shillelag we paid them with blows
And paid them right smart in the morning.
\endverse

\endsong