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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)