Mrs Mcgrath

	  		
Intro: Em 

VERSE 
Em                                           G                 D 
"Mrs McGrath," the sergeant said, "would you like a soldier of your son Ted?" 
D                                                  Em 
Scarlet coat, a big cocked hat, Mrs. McGrath would you like that?" 
Em                                  G           D 
Mrs. McGrath lived on the shore and after seven years or more 
D                                                      Em 
She spotted a ship come into the bay with her son from far away 

Chorus (2x) 
Em                        G               D 
Too-rai-eh-ful-diddly-eh, too-rai-loo-rai-loo-rai-eh 
D                                          Em 
Too- rai-eh-ful-diddly-eh, too-rai-loo-rai-loo-rai-eh 


Em                                  G                   D 
"Captain dear, where have you been, sailing the Mediterranean? 
D                                            Em 
Have you news of my son Ted? Is he living or is he dead?" 
Em                                       G                   D 
Then Teddy boy came out with no legs and in their place, two wooden pegs 
D                                                         Em 
She kissed him a dozen times or two and said, "My God Ted is it you?" 

Chorus (2x) 
Em                        G               D 
Too-rai-eh-ful-diddly-eh, too-rai-loo-rai-loo-rai-eh 
D                                          Em 
Too- rai-eh-ful-diddly-eh, too-rai-loo-rai-loo-rai-eh 

INTERLUDE: Bm-D-A-Bm (2x) Em-G-D-Em (2x) 

Em                                 G                           D 
"Were you drunk or were you blind, when you left your two fine legs behind? 
D                                                   Em 
Or was walking upon the sea that tore your two fine legs from thee?" 
Em                                           G                D 
"No I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind when I left my two fine legs behind. 
D                                                 Em 
A cannonball on the fifth of May tore my two fine legs away." 

Chorus (2x) 
Em                        G               D 
Too-rai-eh-ful-diddly-eh, too-rai-loo-rai-loo-rai-eh 
D                                          Em 
Too- rai-eh-ful-diddly-eh, too-rai-loo-rai-loo-rai-eh 

Solo: Em 

Em                                  G                       D 
"Teddy boy," the widow cried, "your two fine legs were your mother's pride. 
D                                                            Em 
Stumps of a tree won't do at all, you should've run from the cannonball." 
Em                                 G                    D 
"All foreign wars," I do proclaim, "live on blood and a mother's pain. 
D                                                                    Em 
I'd rather my boy as he used to be then the king of the west and his navy." 

Chorus (2x) 
Em                        G               D 
Too-rai-eh-ful-diddly-eh, too-rai-loo-rai-loo-rai-eh 
D                                          Em 
Too- rai-eh-ful-diddly-eh, too-rai-loo-rai-loo-rai-eh 

OUTRO: Bm-D-A-Bm (2x) Em-G-D-Em (4x)