Arthur Mcbride

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I had a first cousin called Arthur 
McBride
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He and I took a stroll down by 
      C
the sea side
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A seeking good fortune and what 
           Em
might betide
      G           D         G
'Twas just as the day was a dawning
G                            Em
After resting we both took a tramp
   C            G          A     
We met Sergeant Harper and 
   C
Corporal Cramp
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Besides the wee drummer who beat 
       Em
up for camp
         G         D        
With his rowdy dow dow in the 
  G
morning

[Verse 2]
     G                      Em
Says he me young fellows if you will
 enlist
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A guinea you quickly have in your 
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fist
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Likewise the crown for to kick the
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 dust
    G                D             
And drink the king's health in the 
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morning
      G                  Em
For a soldier he leads a very fine 
life
   C         G              A    
He always is blessed with a 
          C
charming young wife
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       G            C             
And he pays all his debts without 
G         Em
sorrow or strife
    G            D         G
And always lives happy and charming

[Verse 3]
   G                       Em
Ah now me bold sergeant we are not 
for sale
      C            G             
We'll make no such bargain, your 
A            C
bribe won't avail
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We're not tired of our country we 
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don't care to sail
   G               D        G
Although that your offer is charming
       G                        Em
And if we were such fools as to take
 the advance
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This right bloody slander would 
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be our poor chance
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For the Queen wouldn't scruple to 
G          Em
send us to France
      G           D          
Where we would be shot without 
  G
warning

[Verse 4]
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He says me young fellows if I hear 
but one word
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I instantly now will out with my 
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sword
    G         C       G          
And into your body as strength 
     Em
will afford
   G          D            G
So now my gay devils take warning
    G               Em
But Arthur and I we took in the odds
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We gave them no chance for to 
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launch out their swords
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Our whacking shillelaghs came 
        Em
over their heads
    G               D            
And paid them right smart in the 
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morning

[Verse 5]
   G                      Em
As for the wee drummer we rifled his
 pouch
       C            G         
And we made a foot- ball of his 
  A         C
rowdy dow dow
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And into the ocean to rock and to 
Em
roll
    G         D       G
And bade it a tedious returning
   G                       Em
As for the old rapier that hung by 
his side
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We flung it as far as we could in
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 the tide
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To the devil I pitch you sez 
   Em
Arthur McBride
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To temper your steel in the morning