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40 lines
1.3 KiB
40 lines
1.3 KiB
\selectlanguage{english}
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\songcolumns{2}
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\beginsong{Arthur Mac Bride}[by=Traditional]
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\lilypond{arthur_mac_bride}
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\beginverse
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I \[G]had a first cousin call'd Arthur McBride,
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He and \[C]I took a \[G]stroll down \[C]by the sea\[Am]side
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a-\[G]seeking good fortune and what would betide,
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'Twas just as the \[D]morning was \[C]dawn\[D7]ing.
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Then \[G]after resting we \[C]both took a \[D7]tramp,
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We \[Am]met sergeant \[G]Harper and \[C]Corporal \[Am]Cramp,
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Be\[G]sides the wee \[Am]drummer that \[G/h]beat up for \[G/d]camp,
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With his \[G]Row-do-dow-\[D7]dow in the \[G]morning.
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\endverse
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\beginverse
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He says: "My good fellows, if you will enlist
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Ten guineas in gold you shall have in your fist,
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Besides a crown to kick up the dust
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And drink the king's health in the morning."
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"If we'd been such fools as to take the advance,
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The wee a bit more we had to run chance;
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For you think it no scruple to send us to France,
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Where we would be shot in the morning."
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\endverse
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\beginverse
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He says: "My good fellwos, if I hear but one word,
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I instantly now will out with my sword,
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And into your body as strength will afford,
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So now, my gay fellows, take warning!"
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But Arthur and I we took the odds,
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We gave them no time for to launch out their swords;
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With a spring o shillelag we paid them with blows
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And paid them right smart in the morning.
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\endverse
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\endsong
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