The Good Ship Kangaroo
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Continúa después del anuncio
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G C G D CG C G D GD Am C D GG C G D G [Verse]D Am C Once I was a waitin' man thatD G lived at home at easeG C G D Now I am a mariner that ploughsG the angry seasD Am Oh, I always loved seafarin' life,C D G I bid my love adieuG C I shipped as steward and cook, meG D G boys, on board the Kangaroo [Chorus]D Am Oh I never thought she would proveC D G false or either prove untrueG C As we sailed away through MilfordG D G Bay onboard the Kangaroo [Verse]D Am "Think of me, oh think of me," sheC D G mournfully did sayG C G "When you are in a foreign landD G and I am far awayD Am Take this lucky thruppenny bit,C D G it'll make you bear in mindG C G That lovin' trustin' faithfulD G heart you left in tears behind."D Am "Cheer Up, cheer up, my own trueC D G love. Don't weep so bitterly,"G C She sobbed, she sighed, sheG D choked, she cried and could not sayG goodbyeD Am "I won't be gone for very long,C D G 'tis but a month or twoContinúa después del anuncioG C G D When I will return again ofG course I´ll visit you." [Chorus]D Am Oh I never thought she would proveC D G false or either prove untrueG C As we sailed away through MilfordG D G Bay onboard the Kangaroo [Verse]D Am Our ship it was homeward boundC D G from many's the foreign shoreG C G And many´s the foreign presentD G unto me love I boreD Am I brought tortoises from TenerifeC D G and toys from TimbuktuG C G A China rat, a Bengal cat and aD G Bombay cockatooD Am Paid off I sought her dwellin' onC D G a street above the townG C G Where an ancient dame upon theD G line was hangin' out her gownD "Where is me love? " "She´sAm C D G vanished, sir, about six months agoG C With a smart young man that drivesG D G the van for Chaplin, Son and Co. [Chorus]D Am Oh I never thought she would proveC D G false or either prove untrueG C As we sailed away through MilfordG D G Bay onboard the Kangaroo [Instrumental]G C G D CG C G D GD Am C D GG C G D G [Verse]D Am Here's a health to dreams ofC D G married life, to soap, to suds and blueG C G Heart's true love and patentD G starch and washin' soda tooD Am I'll go unto some foreign shore,C D G no longer can I stayG C G And with some China hottentot I'llD G throw meself awayD Am Oh, Me love she is no foolishC D G girl, her age it is two scoreG C G Me love she is no spinster, she'sD G been married twice beforeD Am I cannot say it was her wealthC D G that stole me heart away;G C G She's a bailer in a laundry forD G one and nine a day [Chorus]D Am Oh I never thought she would proveC D G false or either prove untrueG C As we sailed away through MilfordG D G Bay onboard the Kangaroo [Instrumental]G C G D CG C G D GD Am C D GG C G D G