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Mrs. McGrath - Bruce Springsteen ================================ [verse1]
"Oh AmMrs. McGrath," the sergeant said, "Would you Glike a soldier of your sGon, Ted?
With a scarlet cloak and a fine cocked hat,
Mrs. McGrath wouldn't you like thAmat?"
[chorsu]
With your too-Amri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, GToo-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, too-ri-aa, foGl- Did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-ooAm-ri-aa
[verse2]
Mrs. AmMcGrath lived on the shore And afGter seven years orG more
she spied a ship come into the bay
with her son from far awAmay [verse3] "Am;Oh, Captain dear, where have you been. Have yoGu been out sailin' on the MediGteren'.
Have you any news of my son Ted.
Is he livin' or is he dAmead?"
[chorus] [verse4]
Now caAmme Ted without any legs And iGn their place two wooden pGegs
She kissed him a dozen times or two
Saying "My God Ted iAms it you?" [verse5] "AmNow were you drunk or were you blind When yGou left your two fine legs beGhind?
Or was it walking upon the sea
That wore your two fine legs aAmway?"
[chorus] [verse6]
&quoAmt;No I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind When GI left my two fine legs beGhind.
a cannon ball on the fifth of May
Tore my two fine legs aAmway." [verse7] "NAmow Teddy boy," the widow cried "YGour two fine legs was your motheGr's pride
Them stumps of a tree won't do at all
Why didn't you run from the cannon bAmall?"
[chorus] [verse8]
All foAmreign wars, I do proclaim Live oGn blood and a mother's pGain
I'd rather have my son as he used to be
than the king of America and his whole nAmavy
[chorus]