D
Well I came into a scolding wife a few short years ago,
A
And ever since I lead a life of misery and woe,
GA
My wife she is a tyrant, around the room and in
D
Ah she'd sell me to the devil for a glass or two of gin.
(Bob)
D
Sure I'll get up and go to work as mild as any man,
A
and she'll get up an' dress herself and go and have her dram,
GA
and if I chance to say a word it's well I know my doom,
D
she'll follow me with the firing shovel up and down the room.
[chorus]
DGDGD
And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain,
GDAAsus4
I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again
GDGD
And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain,
DGAD
Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again.
(Darrell/Murray)
D
When I get up at breakfast time she'll tap me on the head,
A
when I come home at Dinnertime I'll find her drunk in bed,
GA
when I come home at suppertime with patience I must stop,
D
Cause she drinks what's in the teapot and I must drink the slops.
[chorus]
DGDGD
And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain,
GDAAsus4
I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again
GDGD
And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain,
DGAD
Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again.
(Séan)
D
Well once I asked me scolding wife If I could go to bed,
A
She scarce gave me an hour upon the pillow to lay me head,
GA
when like a roarin' lion she come busting down the door,
D
she caught me by the middle and threw me naked on the floor.
[chorus]
DGDGD
And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain,
GDAAsus4
I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again
GDGD
And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain,
DGAD
Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again.
"Cook in the Galley Jig":
DAGADAGAD X2
(All)
D
Now me and my companions go to a public place,
A
She'll search around the neigbourhood until she finds my face.
GA
she'll hoist me up in ridicule before the company,
D
saying "pettycoats is your master and forever more shall be!"
[chorus]
DGDGD
And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain,
GDAAsus4
I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again
GDGD
And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain,
DGAD
Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again.
DGDGD
And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain,
GDAAsus4
I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again
GDGD
And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain,
DGAD
Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again.
N.C.
And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain,
N.C.
I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again
N.C.
And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain,
N.C.
Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again...
The verses of this song are a drone kept by a squeezebox and bodhran.
Chords are those implied.The acoustic guitar comes in for the choruses,
actually entering with the downbeat on "and..".