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from "Sea of No Cares" (2002) Trad, arr. Great Big Sea
Well I cCame into a scolding wife a fewF short yeGars aCgo And evFer since i leCad a life of misGery and woe My wFife she is a tyCrant, aroGund the room and in Ah she'd selCl me to the devFil for a gGlass or two of Cgin
Sure I'll get up and go to work as mild as any man and she'll get up an' dress herself and go and have her dram and if i chance to say a word it's well i know my doom she'll follow me with the fire shovel up and down the room Chorus:
CAnd iFf the devil'd takCe her, i'd thFank him for his pCain, I swFear to god I'll hangC meself if I getG married agaGsus4in And iFf the devil'd takeC her, I'd thaFnk him for his pCain, Oh, I swCear to god I'll haFng meself if Gi get married agaCin
When I get up at breakfast time she taps me on the head when I come home at Dinnertime I'll find her drunk in bed when I come home at suppertime with patience I must stop Cause she drinks what's in the teapot and I must drink the slops CHORUS Well once I asked me scolding wife If i could go to bed She scarce gave me an hour upon the pillow to lay me head when like a roarin' lion she come busting down the door she caught me by the middle and threw me naked on the floor CHORUS Break: C G F G C G F G C X2 Now me and my companions go to a public place She'll search around the neigbourhood until she finds my face she'll hoist me up in ridicule before the company, saying "pettycoats is your master and forever more shall be!" CHORUS X4, Last two a capella The verses of this song are a drone kept by an accordion and bodhran. chords are those implied. the acoustic guitar comes in for the choruses, actually entering with a downbeat on "and..".