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T:Seven Drunken nights
C:anon.
O:Ireland
D:Dubliners
M:6/8
L:1/8
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w:Oh as I went home on a Mon-day night as drunk as drunk could be, I
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w:saw a horse out-side the door where my old horse should be. Well, I
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w:called my wife and I said to her: "Will you kind-ly tell to me, who
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w:owns that horse out-side the door where my old horse should be?"
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w:"Bill-y you're drunk, you're drunk, you sill-y old fool, and still you can not see,
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w:that's a lov-e-ly sow that my moth-er sent to me." Well, it's
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w:man-y a day I trav-elled, a hund-red miles or more, but a
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w:sadd-le on_ a sow sure I nev-er saw be-fore. (And as fore.)
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W:Oh as I went home on a Monday night as drunk as drunk could be,
W:I saw a horse outside the door where my old horse should be.
W:Well, I called my wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me,
W:who owns that horse outside the door where my old horse should be?"
W:  "Billy you're drunk, you're drunk, you silly old fool, and still you can not see,
W:  that's a lovely sow that my mother sent to me."
W:Well, it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more,
W:but a saddle on a sow sure I never saw before.
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W:And as I went home on a Tuesday night as drunk as drunk could be,
W:I saw a coat behind the door where my old coat should be.
W:So, I called my wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me,
W:who owns that coat behind the door where my old coat should be?"
W:  "Billy you're drunk,you're drunk, you silly old fool, and still you can not see,
W:  that's a wollen blanket that my mother sent to me."
W:Well, it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more,
W:but buttons in a blanket sure I never saw before.
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W:And as I went home on a Wednesday night as drunk as drunk could be,
W:I saw a pipe upon the chais where my own pipe should be.
W:Well, I called my wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me,
W:who owns the pipe upon the chais where my own pipe should be?"
W:  "Billy you're drunk,you're drunk, you silly old fool, and still you can not see,
W:  that's a lovely tin whistle that my mother sent to me."
W:Well, it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more,
W:but tobacco in a tin whistle sure I never saw before.
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W:And as I went home on a Thursday night as drunk as drunk could be,
W:I saw two boots beneath the bed where my old boots should be.
W:Well, I called my wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me,
W:who owns them boots beneath the bed where my old boots should be?"
W:  "Billy you're drunk,you're drunk, you silly old fool, and still you can not see,
W:  they're two lovely geranium pots my mother sent to me."
W:Well, it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more,
W:but geranium pots with laces sure I never saw before.
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W:And as I went home on a Friday night as drunk as drunk could be,
W:I saw a head inside the bed where my own head should be.
W:Well, I called my wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me,
W:who owns the head inside the bed where my own head should be?"
W:  "Billy you're drunk,you're drunk, you silly old fool, and still you can not see,
W:  that's a baby boy that my mother sent to me that my mother sent to me."
W:Well, it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more,
W:but a baby boy with whiskers on I never saw before.
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W:And as I went home on a Saturday night as drunk as drunk could be,
W:I saw two hands upon her breast where my own hands should be.
W:Well, I called my wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me,
W:who owns those hands upon her breast where my own hands should be?"
W:  "Billy you're drunk,you're drunk, you silly old fool, and still you can not see,
W:  that's a lovely bra that my mother sent to me."
W:Well, it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more,
W:but fingers on a bra sure I never saw before.
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W:And as I went home on a Sunday night as drunk as drunk could be,
W:I saw a thing inside her thing where my own thing should be.
W:Well, I called my wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me,
W:who owns that thing inside her thing where my own thing should be?"
W:  "Billy you're drunk,you're drunk, you silly old fool, and still you can not see,
W:  that's a lovely tin whistle that my mother sent to me."
W:Well, it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more,
W:but a condom on a tin whistle sure I never saw before.

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