Navy Boots On

[INTRO:] C

[VERSE 1:]
                           F       
I'm a bold Irish navvy who worked 
      C
on the line
And the first place I worked was 
   F         G
Newcastle-on-Tyne
    C                        
But through a misfortune that 
 F           G
happened in fun
    C                       F     
I remember the night I'd me navvy 
      C
boots on


[VERSE 2:]
When the day's work was over I 
F             C
shaved off me beard
                          F        
To meet the young lady, I was well 
   G
prepared
       C                      F   
For to meet the young lady, I then
         G
 hurried down
      C                         
And I met her that night with me 
 F           C
navvy boots on


[VERSE 3:]
When I knocked on her window, my 
F            C
knock it was low
Continúa después del anuncio
Eliminar anuncios
When I knocked on her window, my 
F             G
knock she did know
    C                          F  
She jumped out of bed crying, "Is 
         G
that you John?"
          C                        
"Well, it even it is, love, with me
 F           C
 navvy boots on"


[VERSE 4:]
                               F   
Then she opened the door and 
     C
invited me in
                                F  
"Come up to the fire, love, and 
       G
warm your skin"
          C                        
Well, her room door being open and 
    F               G
the blankets turned down
  C                       F   
I jumped into bed with me navvy 
        C
boots on


[VERSE 5:]
It was all of that night we did 
F             C
sport and did play
                             F   
Never thinking of time as it soon 
         G
passed away
         C                         
Then she leaped out of bed crying, 
 F           G
"What have I done?
        C                          
For the child will be born with his
 F           C
 navvy boots on"


[VERSE 6:]
                           F       
I chastised me love so for talking 
   C
so wild
"Ya foolish young girl, you will 
F            G
never have a child"
    C                         F   
For all that I, ditched her, 'twas
         G
 only in fun
       C                     F    
Then I ran like hell with me navvy
       C
 boots on


[VERSE 7:]
It was very soon after I was 
F           C
summoned to court
                            F    
To pay for me sins there as every 
     G
man ought
       C                     F    
I give ten bob a week now to pay 
       G
for the fun
       C                      F   
That I had that night with me 
        C
navvy boots on