Cod Liver Oil

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I'm a young married man and I'm 
tired of life
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For years I've been married to a 
poor sickly wife
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She does nothin' all day but to 
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sit there and sigh
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Wishin' and prayin' that she-ee 
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could die

[Verse 2]
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A friend from the village was 
talkin' one day
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I told him me wife was a-fadin' away
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He afterwards told me that she 
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would get strong
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If I got a bottle from old Doctor 
John

[Verse 3]
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Well I bought her one bottle to give
 her good cheer
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The way that she drank it you'd 
swear it was beer
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I got her a second, and it went 
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the same
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I think she's got cod liver oil on 
the brain

[Verse 4]
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Oh doctor, oh doctor, oh dear doctor
 John
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Your cod liver oil is so pure and so
 strong
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I'm afraid of me life I'll go down
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 in the soil
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If me wife don't stop drinkin' 
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your cod liver oil

[Verse 5]
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Well it gave her good cheer and of 
that there's no doubt
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Each week she got better and then 
she got stout
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And as she got fatter of course 
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she got strong
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I think there's a devil in old 
Doctor John

[Verse 6]
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There's bottles and bottles all over
 the house
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But as she got strong I'm as quiet 
as a mouse
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I've got to the stage if the 
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kettle should boil
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I'd swear it was singing of cod 
liver oil