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Mrs. McGrath

Mrs. McGrath. "Oh, Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said "Would you like to make a soldier of your son Ted With a scarlet coat and a big cocked hat Now Mrs. McGrath would you like that?" With me too-rye-ay Foddle -diddle-day With me toorye oorye oorye -ay

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Mrs. McGrath

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  1. Mrs. McGrath • "Oh, Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said • "Would you like to make a soldier of your son Ted • With a scarlet coat and a big cocked hat • Now Mrs. McGrath would you like that?" • With me too-rye-ay Foddle-diddle-day • With me tooryeooryeoorye-ay • With me toorye-ay Foddle diddle day • Me tooryeooryeoorye-ay • Now Mrs. McGrath lived on the sea shore • And after seven years or more • She spied a ship coming into the bay • With her son from far away

  2. Mrs. McGrath (Page 2) • "Oh captain dear, where have ye been? • You been sailing on the Mediterranean? • Have you news of my son Ted? • Is he living or is he dead?" • With me too-rye-ay Foddle-diddle-day • With me tooryeooryeoorye-ay • With me toorye-ay Foddle diddle day • Me tooryeooryeoorye-ay • Then up came Ted without any legs • And in their place two wooden pegs • She kissed him a dozen times or two • And said "My God Ted is it you"?

  3. Mrs. McGrath (Page 3) • Now were ye drunk or were ye blind • When ye left yer two fine legs behind? • Or was it walking upon the sea • That wore your two fine legs away?" • With me too-rye-ay Foddle-diddle-day • With me tooryeooryeoorye-ay • With me toorye-ay Foddle diddle day • Me tooryeooryeoorye-ay • Now I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind • When I left my two fine legs behind • A cannonball on the fifth of May • Tore my two fine legs away

  4. Mrs. McGrath (Page 4) • "My, Teddy boy," the widow cried • "Yer two fine legs were yer mother’s pride • Stumps of a tree wouldn't do at all • Why didn't ye run from the cannon ball?" • With me too-rye-ay Foddle-diddle-day • With me tooryeooryeoorye-ay • With me toorye-ay Foddle diddle day • Me tooryeooryeoorye-ay • "All foreign wars I do proclaim • Live on blood and a mother’s pain • I’d rather have my son as he used to be • Than the King of America and his whole Navy!

  5. Mrs. McGrath (Page 4) • With me too-rye-ay Foddle-diddle-day • With me tooryeooryeoorye-ay • With me toorye-ay Foddle diddle day • Me tooryeooryeoorye-ay • With me too-rye-ay Foddle-diddle-day • With me tooryeooryeoorye-ay • With me toorye-ay Foddle diddle day • Me tooryeooryeoorye-ay

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