Irish Songs With Easy Chords & Lyrics
A Comical Genius
Intro: play one verse instrumentally
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A | comical | genius was | thinking one | day |
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How he'd take up a | job and re | ceive handy | pay |
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He | didn't like | beggin' and | work was to | hard |
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So he got a bright | notion to join | up the | "Guards" |
Diddlee
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I dum diddlee | I dum diddlee I | dum dum | day | |
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Well he | went up to | Dublin to the | depot went | in |
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Got a new suit of | blue as | bright as new | pins |
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They | drilled him they | drilled him they | drilled him so | hard |
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The ould sergeant pro | claimed him a | fully fledge | guard |
Diddlee
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I dum diddlee | I dum diddlee I | dum dum | day | |
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He was | stationed some | where near the | town of A | thy |
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Rounds the roads of that | district he | kept a close | eye |
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Now the | girls they a | dmired him | as all brazers | do |
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Fall in love with the | guard and his | new suit of | blue |
Diddlee
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I dum diddlee | I dum diddlee I | dum dum | day | |
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Well they'd | laugh and they'd | wink and they'd | nod as he'd | pass |
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Oh but this civee | guard has his | eye on one | lass |
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But | this little coll | een she | being a die | hard |
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Soon made it quite | clear that she | wanted no | guard |
Diddlee
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I dum diddlee | I dum diddlee I | dum dum | day | |
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One | time while on | duty on a | dark winter's | night |
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He caught her out | cycling with | out any | light |
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Where's your | light miss, said | he, for an | answer sez | she |
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It's next to me | liver, where | you'll never | be |
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Diddlee | I dum diddlee | I dum diddlee I | dum dum | day |
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