Our Singing Country
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THE TRUE PADDY'S SONG
B. No. 2353. Mason Palmer, Newberry, Mich., 1938. See Sh, 2:228. |
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1 Nine years ago I was diggin' up the land,
With me brogues on me feet and me shovel in me hand;
Says I to meself, "What a pity for to see
Such a tall handsome laddy diggin' turf on the Dee!"
Chorus:
Mushadoo,
Mushadoo, a-daddy doo-a-dum.
2 So I laid down my shovel, shook hands with my spade, And it's off to the wars like a jolly young blade,
Next the sergeant of the army he asked me to enlist,
"Be my long-whiskered japers, put some money in my fist."
3 "Now, here's a half a crown and a half a penny more, You go to that corner and you git a half a score. "Go up to headquarters, is that what's to do?
I don't want to be quartered, sir; neither do you!
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