Chords for Lankum - Sergeant William Bailey (Sidmouth FolkWeek 2015)

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Sergeant William Bailey was a man of high renown
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Tooraloo, [G] roo-roo-roo-roo-roo
In search of gallant young recruits he used to scour the town
[A] Tooraloo, roo [D]-roo-roo [G]-roo-roo
[A] His face was [G] full and swarty, [A] of a medal he had [G] forty
[A] And ribbons on his chest, [G] red, white and blue
[A] It [G] is he what looked a hero, as he made the people stare [E]-o
As he [D] stood on [G] Dunphy's corner, Tooraloo
Now a Sergeant William Bailey on Dunphy's corner stands
Tooraloo, roo-roo-roo-roo-roo
_ Enticing Dublin young lads for to die in foreign lands
[D] Tooraloo, roo-roo [G]-roo-roo-roo
For to improve their station, he shouts in high elation
To [A] come and fight [G] for King and country
But for all the noise he's making, the bait they aren't taking
From a Sergeant William Bailey, Tooraloo
Now alas for human greatness, every dog he has his day
[D] Tooraloo, roo-roo [G]-roo-roo-roo
And Sergeant William Bailey, he is getting old and grey
[D] Tooraloo, roo-roo [G]-roo-roo-roo
[D] No longer youths are willing, to take his dirty shilling
And things for him [G] are looking mighty blue
For in [C] spite of life and rumming, no more [G] recruits are coming
To Sergeant [D] William [Em] Bailey, [G] Tooraloo _ _ _
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_ And now Sergeant [Bm] William Bailey, [G] what a wretched sight to see _
[D] Tooraloo, roo-roo [Em]-roo-roo-roo
[G] _ And the back that once [Bm] was strong and [C] straight's now [G] almost bent in tree
_ _ [D] Tooraloo, roo-roo [G]-roo-roo-roo
Some [D] _ rebel youths with placards, have called his army blackguards
And told the Irish youth just [G] what to do
He has lost [C] his occupation, let's sing [G] in jubilation
For Sergeant [D] William [G] Bailey, Tooraloo
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