Arthur Mcbride And The Sergeant chords by Paul Brady

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Oh, me and my cousin, one Arthur McBride
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As   we     went a-walking   down by the seaside
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Now, mark what did follow and what did betide
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For it being on Christmas morning...

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Out for recreation, we went on a tramp
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And  we     met Sergeant Napper and Corporal Vamp
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And a little wee drummer, intending to camp
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For the day being pleasant and charming

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"Good morning! Good morning!" the sergeant did cry
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"And    the     same to you gentlemen!" we did reply
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Intending no harm but meant to pass by
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For it being on Christmas morning

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But says he, "My fine fellows if you will enlist
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It's ten     guineas in gold I will slip in your fist
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And a crown in the bargain for to kick up the dust
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And drink the King's health in the morning

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For a soldier he leads a very fine life
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And he      always is blessed with a charming young wife
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And he pays all his debts without sorrow or strife
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And always lives pleasant and charming...

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And a soldier he always is decent and clean
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In the     finest of clothing he's constantly seen
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While other poor fellows go dirty and mean
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And sup on thin gruel in the morning."

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"But", says Arthur, "I wouldn't be proud of your clothes
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For you've  only the lend of them as I suppose
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And you dare not change them-one-night, for you know
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If you do you'll be flogged in the morning

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And although that we-are single and free
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We take    great   delight  in our own company
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And we have no desire strange faces to see
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Although that your offers are charming

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And we have no desire to take your advance
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All ha-----zards and dangers we barter on chance
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For you-would-have no scruples for-to-send-us-to France
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Where we would get shot without warning"

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"Oh now!", says the sergeant "I'll have no such chat
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And I       neither will take it from spalpeen or brat
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For if you  insult me with one other word
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I'll cut off your heads in the morning"

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And-then Arthur and I we soon drew our hods
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And we     scarce gave them time for to draw-their-own-blades
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When a trusty shillelagh came over their heads
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And bade them take that as fair warning

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And their old-rusty rapiers that hung by their side
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We flung   them as far as  we   could in the tide
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"Now take them out, Divils!", cried Arthur McBride
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"And temper their edge in the morning"

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And the little wee drummer we flattened his pow
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And we     made-a-football of his rowdeydowdow
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Threw it in the tide for to rock and to row
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And bade it a tedious returning

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And we having no money, paid-them-off in cracks
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And we      paid no respect to-their two bloody backs
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For we lathered them there like a pair of wet sacks
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And left them for dead in the morning

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And so to-conclude and to finish disputes
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We  o------bligingly  asked if they wanted recruits
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For we were the lads who would give them hard clouts
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And bid them look sharp in the morning

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Oh me and my cousin, one Arthur McBride
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As  we      went a walkin' down by the seaside
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Now mark what followed and what did betide
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For it being on Christmas morning