Mrs. McGrath Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]Oh, Mrs. McGrath, the sergeant said,
Would you like to make a [A]soldier
out of [D]your sun[A]tat?
With a [D]scarlet coat and a big cuffed [A]hat,
Now, [D]Mrs. Mc[A]Grath,
wouldn't [D]you like [A]that?
With a [Bm]toor -ay -ah,
[F#m]for the deedle -ah,
[G]Toor -ay, [A]oor -ay, [D]oor -ay -ah.
So Mrs. McGrath lived on the sea[A]shore
For the [D]space of [A]seven long [D]years or [A]more.
T 'as you [D]saw a big [A]ship
sailin' [D]into the [A]bay,
here's [D]my son [A]Ted, would you [D]clear the
[A]way with a [Bm]do -ra -ya?
[F#m]Fa -la -dee -la, [G]do -ra [A]-y o -ra [D]-yo -ra -ya
Oh, Captain dear,
where have you [A]been?
Have you [D]been sailin' [A]out on
the [D]Mediterranean?[A]
Have ye [D]any news of my son [A]Ted?
Is the [D]greater alive,
or is he [A]dead with a [Bm]do -ra -ya?
Fal [F#m]-de -dee -la -d[G]oo -ray
[A]-oo -ray [D]-oo -ray -ah
Then up comes Ted without any legs
And in their [A]place he has
[D]two wooden [A]pegs
She [D]kissed him a dozen times or [A]two
Saying, [D]Holy [A]Moses,
it [D]isn't [A]you with the [Bm]doo -ray -ah
Fal [F#m]-de -dee -la -doo [G]-ray
[D]-oo -ray -oo -ray -ah
Oh, were you drunk or were you [A]blind
That you [D]left your [A]two fine [D]legs be[A]hind?
Or [D]was it walking upon the [A]Sey?
Were your [D]two fine [A]legs
from the [D]knees [A]away with
the [Bm]do -ray -ah?
[F#m]Fa -la -dee [A]-la, [G]do -ray [A]-o -ray [D]-o -ray -ah
Oh, I wasn't drunk and I wasn't [A]blind
But they [D]left me two fine legs be[A]hind
For a [D]cannonball on the fifth of [A]May
Took me [D]two fine [A]legs
from the [D]knees [A]away with
the [Bm]do -ray -ah
[F#m]Fa -la -dee [A]-la, [G]do -ray [A]-o -ray [D]-o -ray -ah
Oh, Teddy boy, the widow cried
Them two fine [A]legs were
your [D]mammy's [A]pride
Them [D]stumps of a tree wouldn't do at [A]all
Why [D]didn't you [A]run from
the [D]big cannon[A]ball
With a [Bm]tu -ray -ah, [F#m]fa -la -dee -la
Tu [G]-ray, [A]oh, ray, [D]oh, ray -ah
All foreign [A]wars I [D]do proclaim
Between Don [A]John and the [D]King of [A]Spain
For, [D]heavens,
I'll make them rue the [A]time
That they [D]swept the [A]legs of [D]a son of [A]mine
with a [Bm]do -ra -ya, [F#m]fa -la -dee [D]-la,
[G]do -ra [A]-ya, do -ra -ya[D], do -ra -ya.