Our Singing Country
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COD LIVER ILE
eb. No. 1770. Ace. on guitar and sung by Burl Ives, New York City, 1938. See Gr, p. 316. |
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1 Fm a young married man that is tired in life. Ten years Fve been wed to a sickly wife ; She does nothing all day but sit down and cry, A-wishing to God that she could die.
2 A friend of me own came to see me one day And said that me wife was a-fadin' away.
He afterwards told me that she would get strong If I got her a bottle from Doctor Dearjohn.
3 I bought her one bottle, 'twas just for to try,
And the way that she drank it you'd swear she was dry; I bought her another which vanished the same. Till I think she's got cod liver ile on the brain.
Chorus:
"Oh, doctor, oh, doctor, oh, dear Doctor John, Your cod liver ile is so pure and so strong I'm afraid to me life I'll go down in the sile If me wife don't quit drinking your cod liver ile."
4 She likes it so much that there is no doubt Me wife she got fat and terrible stout,
And when she got stout, of course, she got strong, And then I got jealous of Doctor Dearjohn. (Chorus.)
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