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On Mother Kellys Door Step by Traditional

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Most people just sing the chorus to this music hall sing along song as
the verses are mostly half sung/half spoken or not used at all!
I have tabbed the verses from various sources so any improvements welcome.

Intro = Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD

Verse 1
Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramA minorAm
I've just been lingering all alone
   Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramD MajorD
Down Paradise Row
       Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramD MajorD
When I was a kiddy I'd a sweetheart
   Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD
Down there we would go
       Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramD MajorD
I'd call her Nelly and she'd call me Joe
       Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramD MajorD
And we would romp there hand in hand
     Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramD MajorD
Then we'd both sit down on a doorstep there
     Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramD MajorD
And we'd picture the future grand

Chorus
         Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row
         Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramG+G
I'd sit along o' Nelly she'd sit along o' Joe
          Chord diagramE minorEm
She'd got a little hole in her frock
Chord diagramB minorBm        Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
Hole in her shoe hole in her sock where her toe peeped through
  Chord diagramA augmentedA                Chord diagramD MajorD
But Nelly was the smartest down our alley
         Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep I'm wondering now
      Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramG+G
If li'l gal Nelly remembers Joe her beau
       Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramD MajorD
And does she love me like she used to
         Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row

Verse 2
  Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramA minorAm
The cobblestones were a meadow sweet
  Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD
To Nelly and me
     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramD MajorD
The smoky chimney on the housetop
   Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD
Was a beautiful tree
        Chord diagramE minorEm          Chord diagramD MajorD
And old Brown's donkey was a big baa lamb
  Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramD MajorD
And Mother Kelly in the house
Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramD MajorD
On a wash day holding her pail
  Chord diagramA augmentedA             Chord diagramD MajorD
Was Mary the milkmaid milking cows

Chorus
         Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row
         Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramG+G
I'd sit along o' Nelly she'd sit along o' Joe
          Chord diagramE minorEm
She'd got a little hole in her frock
Chord diagramB minorBm        Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
Hole in her shoe hole in her sock where her toe peeped through
  Chord diagramA augmentedA                Chord diagramD MajorD
But Nelly was the smartest down our alley
         Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep I'm wondering now
      Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramG+G
If li'l gal Nelly remembers Joe her beau
       Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramD MajorD
And does she love me like she used to
         Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row

Repeat chorus
         Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row
         Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramG+G
I'd sit along o' Nelly she'd sit along o' Joe
          Chord diagramE minorEm
She'd got a little hole in her frock
Chord diagramB minorBm        Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
Hole in her shoe hole in her sock where her toe peeped through
  Chord diagramA augmentedA                Chord diagramD MajorD
But Nelly was the smartest down our alley
         Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep I'm wondering now
      Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramG+G
If li'l gal Nelly remembers Joe her beau
       Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramD MajorD
And does she love me like she used to
         Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G

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