Eggs In Her Basket chords by Susan Mckeown

Chords with lyrics

Eggs In Her Basket
Susan McKeown
http://susanmckeown.com/
From the album Sweet Liberty

Played in 3/4 time


   DmDm
It's of two young sailor lads out a-walking
   E MajorE
Their pockets being both lined with gold
  DmDm
As they went a-walking and civilly talking
   A minorAm
Some fair pretty damsel they do behold.

 DmDm
O lady, lady can I carry your basket?
     E MajorE
O there's eggs in the basket oh do take care,
  DmDm
And if you should chance to outwalk me,
    A minorAm
At the halfway house you'll find me later there.


     DmDm
So these two young men they start out walking
  E MajorE
Until they come to the halfway house
 DmDm
O landlord, landlord have you any bacon?
  A minorAm
For in my basket I've got eggs to fry.

  DmDm
So that landlord he went to the basket
 E MajorE
A-thinking he'd got eggs to fry
 DmDm
O say young man ain't you mistaken?
   A minorAm
O for in this basket we've got a child.


  DmDm
Up steps this Nancy o dearest Nancy
     E MajorE
That had taken to bed last Whitsuntide
  DmDm
We got this young child since I came your fancy
  A minorAm
So now gay fiddler you've got to pay.

   DmDm
That child's not ours, lovely Nancy
   E MajorE
He's no babe o' mine nor no friend's beside
  DmDm
But I will take it I'll kindly treat it
  A minorAm
If you will say all my money's paid.


  DmDm
Oh that young man went up to the basket
   E MajorE
He's kicked it around and around the floor
  DmDm
Oh since it is done I will surely pay it
   A minorAm
But damn me if I do eat eggs anymore.

          (slowly )
A minorAm
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