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The Mero Written by Pete St. John You can also play Em=Am G=C D=G Capo I [Verse 1]

^EmSomebody under the bed W^Ghoever c^Dan it be^Em? ^EmI feel so very nervous ^GI call f^Dor Joane^Eme J^Emoanee lights the candle B^Gut there's^D nobody ther^Eme H^Emey! Hi! ^DDiddeleedai A^Emnd out g^Does she^Em

Skipping rope still turning Children at their play In and out of Clarendon Street In and out to pray I haven't prayed for twenty years Or sung a happy song Since praying went with innocence And the devil played along [Chorus]

^EmAnd we all went up to ^Gthe Mero H^Dey there! Who's your^Em man? I^Emt's only Johnny 'Forty Coats' S^Gure he's a^D desperate ma^Emn '^EmBang, bang' shoots the buses W^Gith his ^Dgolden k^Emey H^Emey! Hi! ^DDiddeleedai ^EmAnd out ^Dgoes ^Emshe

[Verse 2] Me father was a stater And me mother loved a tan She loved her Hafner's sausages And her soldier fancy man Noel's up in Jacob's And Mary's on the town And I joined the transport union When they said my nose was brown [Chorus]

And^Em we all went up to the^G Mero H^Dey there! Who's your^Em man? I^Emt's only Johnny 'Forty Coats' S^Gure he's a^D desperate ma^Emn '^EmBang, bang' shoots the buses W^Gith his ^Dgolden k^Emey H^Emey! Hi! ^DDiddeleedai ^EmAnd out ^Dgoes ^Emshe

[Verse 3] I've a tanner for the Mero And me confo money's hid If Mary's in the family way She can blame the Cisco kid I'll be langers in the morning Me longers need a patch Ah, Jesus! There's Con Martin I hope he's won the match Me uncle had a wolfhound That never had to pee But Hairy Lemon snatched it Down on Eden quay Now I have me primo And me scapulars are blue For helping the black babies And Dolly Fossett too [Chorus] And we all went up to the Mero Hey there! Who's your man? It's Brendan Behan out walking Sure he's a ginger man 'Bang, bang' shoots the buses With his golden key Hey! Hi! Diddeleedai And out goes she [Verse 4] It's true that Dublin's changing Since the pillar was blown down By the winds of violence That are buggering up the town We used to solve a difference With a digging match and a jar But now they're all playing bang-bang That's going too bleeding far [Chorus] And we all go up to the Mero Hey there! Who's your man? It's only me guardian angel Get a large one for your man There's no use bleedin' rushing For now is the holy hour A plenary indulgence And another baby Power

The Dubliners - The mero