Mothers Lament chords by Cream

MOTHER'S LAMENT
CREAM - Disraeli Gears : capo on 5th
A one, a two, a phree, a pho--ah...
 [D]          [G]
A mother was washing her baby one night;
  [A]          [D]    A
The youngest of ten and a delicate mite.
  [D]           [G]
The mother was poor and the baby was thin;
   [A]          [D]      A
'Twas naught but a skeleton covered with skin.
  [D]            [G]
The mother turned 'round for a soap off the rack.
    [A]       [D]        A
She was only a moment but when she turned back
  [D]          [G]
Her baby had gone, and in anguish she cried,
   [A]              [D]    A
"Oh, where has my baby gone?" The angels replied:
[D]               [G]
Oh, your baby has gone down the plug hole.
 [A]            [D]
Your baby has gone down the plug.
G         G7      D     B7
The poor little thing was so skinny and thin,
[E7]               A     A7
He should have been washed in a jug, in a jug.
[D]            [G]
 Your baby is perfectly happy;
[A]          [D]
He won't need a bath anymore.
[G]               [D]  E7
He's a-muckin' about with the angels above,
   [A]    A7   [D]
Not lost but gone before.