Monto

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Well if you got a wing-o, take 
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her up to ring-o,
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Where the waxies sing-o, all the 
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day,
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If you had your fill of Porter, 
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and you can't go any further,
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Give our man the order, back to 
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the quay,
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And take her up to Monto, Monto, 
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Monto,
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Take her up to Monto, Lan-ge-ru 
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- to you,


[Verse 2]
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You heard the Duke of Gloucester, 
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the dirty old imposter,
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He took his mot and lost her up 
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the Furry Glen,
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He first put on his bowler, and he 
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buttoned up his trousers,
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Then he whistled for his growler, 
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and he said my man,
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Take me up to Monto, Monto, Monto,
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C             Am     G      C   
Take me up to Monto, Lan-ge-ru -
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 to you,


[Verse 3]
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You heard the Dublin Fusileers, 
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the dirty old bamboozileers,
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They wet'll get the childer, one,
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 two, three,
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Marching from the linin hall, 
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there's one for every cannonball,
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And Vicky's gonna send yiz all 
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o'er the sea.
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First go up to Monto, Monto, Monto,
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First go up to Monto, Lan-ge-ru 
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- to you,


[Verse 4]
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Now when the czar of Russia and 
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the King of Prussia,
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Landed in the Phoenix in a big 
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balloon,
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They asked the policemen to play 
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"The Wearing Of The Green",
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But the buggers in the depot 
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didn't know the tune.
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They both went up to Monto, Monto,
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 Monto,
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Both went up to Monto, Lan-ge-ru
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 - to you,


[Verse 5]
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Now the Queen she came to call on 
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us, she wanted to see all of us,
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I' glad she didn't fall on us, 
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she's eighteen stone,
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Mister Milord the Mayor say's she,
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 this all you've got to show for me?
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Why no mam there's more to see 
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''Pog Mo Thoin.
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He took her up to Monto, Monto, 
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Monto,
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He took her up to Monto, 
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Lan-ge-ru - to you,