Good Ship Kangaroo
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Continúa después del anuncio
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D Am C D GG C G D G [Verse 1]D Am C D G Once I was a waitin' man that lived at home at easeG C G D G Now I am a mariner that ploughs the angry seasD Am C D G I always loved seafarin' life, I bid my love adieuG C G D G I shipped as a steward and cook, me boys, on board the Kangaroo [Chorus]D Am C D G Oh I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrueG C G D G As we sailed away thru' Milford Bay, on board the Kangaroo [Verse 2]D Am C D G Think of me, O think of me, she mournfully did sayG C G D G When you are in a foreign land, and I am far awayD Am C D G Take this lucky truppeny bit, it'll make you bear in mindG C G D G The lovin trustin' faithful heart you left in tears behind [Verse 3]D Am C D G Cheer up, cheer up, my own true love, don't weep so bitterlyG C G D G She sobbed, she sighed, she choked, she cried, & could not say goodbyeD Am C D G I wont be gone for very long, tis but a month or twoContinúa después del anuncioG C G D G When I will return again, of course I'll visit you [Chorus]D Am C D G Oh I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrueG C G D G As we sailed away thru' Milford Bay, on board the Kangaroo [Verse 4]D Am C D G Our ship it was homeward bound from many's the foreign shoreG C G D G And many's the foreign present unto me love I boreD Am C D G I brought tortoises from Tenerife and toys from TimbuktuG C G D G A China rat, a Bengal cat and a Bombay Cockatoo [Verse 5]D Am C D G Paid off, I sought her dwellin' on a street above the townG C G D G where an ancient dame upon the line was hangin' out her gownD Am C D G 'Where is me love?' 'She's vanished, sir about six months agoG C G D G with a smart young man who drives the van for Chaplin, Son & Co. [Chorus]D Am C D G Oh I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrueG C G D G As we sailed away thru' Milford Bay, on board the Kangaroo [Break]D Am C D GG C G D G [Verse 6]D Am C D G Here's a health to dreams of married life to soap suds & blueG C G D G Heart's true love & patent starch and washing soda tooD Am C D G I'll go unto some foreign shore, no longer can I stayG C G D G And with some China Hottentot, I'll throw meself away [Verse 7]D Am C D G Me love she is no foolish girl, her age it is two scoreG C G D G Me love she is no spinster, she's been married twice beforeD Am C D G I cannot say it was her wealth that stole me heart awayG C G D G She's a washer in a laund-ery for one-and-nine a day [Chorus]D Am C D G Oh I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrueG C G D G As we sailed away thru' Milford Bay, on board the Kangaroo [Otro]D Am C D GG C G D G