Mrs Mcgrath

mrs . mcgrath - bruce springsteen = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [ verse1 ] Dm "oh mrs . mcgrath , " the sergeant said , F C "would you like a soldier of your son , ted? with a scarlet cloak and a fine cocked hat , Dm mrs . mcgrath wouldn’t you like that?" [ chorsu ] Dm with your too - ri - aa , fol - did - dle - di - aa , F C too - ri - oo - ri - oo - ri - aa , too - ri - aa , fol - Dm did - dle - di - aa , too - ri - oo - ri - oo - ri - aa [ verse2 ] Dm mrs . mcgrath lived on the shore F C and after seven years or more she spied a ship come into the bay Dm with her son from far away [ verse3 ] Dm "oh , captain dear , where have you been . F C have you been out sailin’ on the mediteren’ . have you any news of my son ted . Dm is he livin’ or is he dead?" [ Chorus ] [ verse4 ] Dm now came ted without any legs F C and in their place two wooden pegs she kissed him a dozen times or two Dm saying "my god ted is it you?" [ verse5 ] Dm "now were you drunk or were you blind F C when you left your two fine legs behind? or was it walking upon the sea Dm that wore your two fine legs away?" [ Chorus ] [ verse6 ] Dm "no i wasn’t drunk and i wasn’t blind F C when i left my two fine legs behind . a cannon ball on the fifth of may Dm tore my two fine legs away . " [ verse7 ] Dm "now teddy boy , " the widow cried F C "your two fine legs was your mother’s pride them stumps of a tree won’t do at all Dm why didn’t you run from the cannon ball?" [ Chorus ] [ verse8 ] Dm all foreign wars , i do proclaim F C live on blood and a mother’s pain i’d rather have my son as he used to be Dm than the king of america and his whole navy [ Chorus ]