Mrs Mcgrath
"Now Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said, "Would you like a soldier of your son Ted? With a scarlet coat and a big cocked hat, Mrs. McGrath would you like that?"
Ya tu ra ay fo diddly ayTu ra oo ra oo ra ayYa tu ra ay fo diddly ayTu ra oo ra oo ra ay
Now Mrs.. McGrath lived on the shore And after seven years or more She spied a ship come into the bay With her son from far away.
"Oh, Captain dear, where have you been. Have you been sailing the Mediterranean. Have you news of my son Ted. Is he living or is he dead?"
Ya tu ra ay fo diddly ayTu ra oo ra oo ra ayYa tu ra ay fo diddly ayTu ra oo ra oo ra ay
Then came Ted without any legs And in their place two wooden pegs She kissed him a dozen times or two And said "My God, Ted is it you?"
"Now was you drunk or was you blind When you left your two fine legs behind? Or was it out walking upon the sea That wore your two fine legs away?"
Ya tu ra ay fo diddly ayTu ra oo ra oo ra ayYa tu ra ay fo diddly ayTu ra oo ra oo ra ay
Ya tu ra ay fo diddly ayTu ra oo ra oo ra ayYa tu ra ay fo diddly ayTu ra oo ra oo ra ay
"No I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind When I left my two fine legs behind. A cannon ball on the fifth of May Tore my two fine legs away."
"Now Teddy boy," the widow cried "Your two fine legs were your mother's pride Stumps of a tree won't do at all Why didn't you run from the cannon ball?"
Ya tu ra ay fo diddly ayTu ra oo ra oo ra ayYa tu ra ay fo diddly ayTu ra oo ra oo ra ay
Ya tu ra ay fo diddly ayTu ra oo ra oo ra ayYa tu ra ay fo diddly ayTu ra oo ra oo ra ay
All foreign wars I do proclaimLive on blood and a mother's painI'd rather have my son as he used to beThan the king of America and his whole navy.
Ya tu ra ay fo diddly ayTu ra oo ra oo ra ayYa tu ra ay fo diddly ayTu ra oo ra oo ra ay...