Monto chords by The Dubliners

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verse 1:
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Well if you got a wing-o, take her up to ring-o,
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Where the waxies sing-O, all the day,
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If you had your fill of Porter, and you can't go any further,
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Give our man the order, back to the quay,
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And take her up to Monto, Monto, Monto,
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Take her up to Monto, Lan-ge-ru - to you,

verse 2:
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You heard the Duke of Gloucester, the dirty old imposter,
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He took his Mut and lost her up in Furry Glen,
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He first put on his bowler, and he buttoned up his trousers,
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Then he whistled for his growler, and he said my man,
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Take me up to Monto, Monto, Monto,
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Take me up to Monto, Lan-ge-ru - to you,


verse 3:
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You heard the Dublin Fusileers, the dirty old bamboozileers,
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They went and got the childer, one, two, three,
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Marching from the linin hall, there's one for every cannonball,
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And Vick he?s going to send you all o're the sea..
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First go up to Monto, Monto, Monto,
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First go up to Monto, Lan-ge-ru - to you,


verse 4:
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Now when the czar of Russia and the King of Prussia,
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Landed in the Phoenix in a big balloon,
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They asked the policemen to play ''The Wearing Of The Green'',
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But the buggers in the depot didn't know the tune.
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They both went up to Monto, Monto, Monto,
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Both went up to Monto, Lan-ge-ru - to you,


VERSE 5:
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Now the Queen she came to call on us, she wanted to see all of us,
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I' glad she didn't fall on us, she's eighteen stone,
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Mister Milord the Mayor say's she, this all you've got to show for me?
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Why no mam there's more to see ''Pog Mo Thoin.
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He took her up to Monto, Monto, Monto,
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He took her up to Monto, Lan-ge-ru - to you,