X:14
T:Cod Liver Oil
R:
song
C:Words by Johnny Burke (1851-1930), St. John's, Newfoundland.
D:The Dubliners
Z:id:hn-song-14
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=170
K:Ddor
AA | A2 G2 A2 | c2 A2 G2 | E2 D2 D2 | D4 (ED) |
C2 D2 E2 | G A3 G2 | G2 E2 D2 | C4 Ac |
d d3 d2 | d2 c2 A2 | A2 G2 A2 | c4 cc |
d2 c2 d2 | A2 G2 A2 | E2 D2 D2 | D4 ||
W:I'm a young married man and I'm tired of my life,
W:for lately I've married an ailing young wife.
W:She does nothing all day only sits down and sigh
W:"Oh I wish to the Lord that I only could die!"
W:
W:Then a friend of my own came to see me one day,
W:and he said that my wife was just pining away,
W:but he afterwards told me that she would get strong,
W:if I'd buy her a bottle from Doctor De Jongh.
W:
W:Chorus:
W:Oh doctor, oh doctor, oh doctor De Jongh,
W:your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong.
W:I'm afraid of my life I'll go down in the soil,
W:if my wife don't stop drinking your cod liver oil.
W:
W:So I bought her a bottle - 'twas just for to try,
W:And the way that she scoffed it, you would swear she was dry.
W:I bought her another, and it went just the same,
W:'til I own she's got cod liver oil on her brain!
W:
W:Chorus
W:
W:Now my house it resembles a big doctor's shop,
W:with bottles and bottles from bottom to top,
W:and when in the morning the kettle does boil,
W:you'd swear it was singing out "Cod liver oil"!
W:
W:Chorus