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Version 1

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X:1
T:Dick Derby The Cobbler
C:Tommy Makem (attrib)
Z:Webmaster
L:1/4
M:3/4
K:D
P:Verse
z2 D/2E/2 | "D"F F F | "A7"G E C/2C/2 | E (D2 | D) z A | d d d | d A B | "D7"=c3 |
w:Oh me name is Dick Dar-by, I'm a cob-bler. - I serv-ed me time at old camp
z2 d | "D"d A A | "G"B G B | "D"B (A2 | B) z F | F E F | "A7"G E C | "D"D3 |
w:Some call me an old ag-i-ta-tor-- But now I'm res-olved to re-pent
P:chorus
z2 D/2E/2 | F F F/2F/2 | G E C/2C/2 | E (F2 | F) z A/2A/2 | d d d/2d/2 | d A A/2A/2 | B =c2 |
w:With me int-wing of an ing-twing of an i-do- With me in-twing of an ing-twing of an iy-ay
z d | d A A | B G B | G (A2 | A) z G | F E F | G E C | D3 ||
w:With me roo boo boo roo boo boo ran-dy- Me last it keeps wear-ing a-way
W:
W:1
W:Oh me name is Dick Darby, I'm a cobbler
W:I served me time at old camp
W:Some call me an old agitator
W:But now I'm resolved to repent
W:
W:ch
W:With me intwing of an ingtwing of an ido
W:With me intwing of an ingtwing of an iy-ay
W:With me roo boo boo roo boo boo randy
W:Me last it keeps wearing away
W:
W:2
W:Now my father was hung for sheep stealing
W:Me mother was burned for a witch
W:My sister's a dandy housekeeper
W:And I'm a mechanical switch
W:
W:3
W:Ah it's forty long years I have traveled
W:All by the contents of me pack
W:Me hammers, me awls, and me pinches
W:I carry them all on me back
W:
W:4
W:Oh my wife she is humpy, she's lumpy
W:My wife, she's the devil, she's black
W:And no matter what I may do with her
W:Her tongue it goes clickety clack
W:
W:5
W:It was early one fine summer's morning
W:A little before it twas day
W:I dipped her three times in the river
W:And carelessly bad her "Good day"

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