Arthur McBride - Paul Brady 1977 Chords

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_ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _ [G] Oh me and me cousin Juan Arthur my pride [C] As we [G] went a-walkin' [Cm] down by the [G] seaside
Now my heart followed in what did be tight For it be an old Christmas [D] morning
[G] Hard for recreation we went on a tramp [C] And we met [G] Sergeant [C] Nopper and Corporal Glamp
[G] And a little [D] wee drummer [G] and sent them to camp For the day being pleasant and charming _
_ _ _ Good morning, good morning the sergeant did cry [C] And the same [G] to you gentlemen [C] we did reply
_ [G] [D] Intending no harm [G] but meant it pass by For it be an old Christmas [D] morning
What [G] says he [Am] my [D] fine [G] fellows if you will enlist It's [C] ten [G] guineas in gold [C] I will slip in your fist
[G] And a crown [D] and a bargain for [G] to kick up in the dust And to rank the king's health [D] from the [G] morning _
For a soldier he leads a very fine [C] life And he [G] always is [C] blessed with a charming young [G] wife
And he [D] pays all his debts [G] without sorrow or strife And always lives pleasant and [D] charming
[G] And a [Dm] soldier he always is [G] decent and clean [C] In the [G] finest of [C] clothing he's constantly [G] seen
While other [D] perfect fellows [G] go dirty and mean And sop on thin grill in the morning _ _ _ _ _
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_ What says Arthur [A] I wouldn't be [G] proud of your clothes For [C] you've only [G] [C] the length of them as I suppose
[G] And you dare [D] not change [G] them one night For you know if you [Cm] do [G] you'll be flogged [D] in the morning
[G] And although [D] that [G] we are single and free [C] We [G] take great delight [C] in our own company
[G] And we have no [A] desire [G] strange places to see Although that your offers [D] are [G] charming
And we have no desire to take your [C] advance All hazards [G] and [C] dangers we bar to run [G] chance
For you would [D] have no scruples [G] for to send us to France Where we would get shot [D] without [G] warning
_ _ _ _ Oh no says [D] the [G] sergeant I'll have no such chat [C] And I [G] neither will take it from [C] spouting or [G] brat
For [D] if you insult me [G] with one other word I'll cut off your [D] heads in the morning
And then Arthur and [G] I we soon drew our hearts [C] And we [G] scarce gave them time [C] for to draw their own [G] blades
When a trusty [Dm] shillelagh [G]
came over their heads And bad them take let us [D] fill [G] warning
_ And their own rusty rapiers we'd hung by their side [C] We [G] flung them as far [C] as we could in the tide
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Now take [D] them out the bow [G] bright Arthur by bright And tempered their [D] edge in the morning
[G] And the little [Dm] wee [G] drummer we flattened his paw [C] And we [G] made a football [C] of this rowdy dowdow
[G] Threw it in [D] the tide [G] for to rock and to roll And bad it a tedious [D] [G] returning _ _
And we haven't no money paid them off in cracks [C] And we [G] paid no respect [C] to their two bloody backs
[G] For we lathered [D] them [G] there like a pair of wet sacks And left them for dead in the morning
[D] _ [G] And so [D] to [G] conclude and to finish disputes [C]
We obligingly [G] asked [C] if they wanted recruits
[G] For [Dm] we knew the lads who [G] would give them hard clouts And bid them look sharp in the [D] [G] morning _ _ _ _ _
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[G] So me and me cousin won Arthur my prize [C] We [G] went [C] walking down by the [G] seaside
Now mark what [A] followed [G] and what did be tied For it being on Christmas [D]
[G] morning
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