Paddy Lie Back

Paddy lay Back

T'was[G] a cold and frosty[C] morning in

Sep[G]tem[Em]ber

And[G] all of me money it was[A] spent,,[D]

Where it[G] went to oh[C] Lord I cant re[G]mem[Em]ber

So[G] down to the[D] shipping office[G] went

Oh[G] Paddy lie[C] back,oh Paddy lie back,

Take in your[G] slack,take in your slack

Take your turn put[Em] on your hats and jump fo[A]r

board,,[D]

About[G] ship's for[C] England boys be[G] handy

For we'er[G] bound for Valp[C]arai so in the[G] morn

Last night there was a great demand for sailors

For the colonies for Frisco and for France

So I slipped aboard a lively barque,the Hotspur

And was paralytic drunk before before we went

There were Frenchmen,there were Germans there were

Russians

There were jolly jacks came just across from from

France

And not one of them could speak a word of English

But they'd awnser to the name of Bill or Dan

I woke up in the morning sick and sore

I wished I'd never sailed to sea once more

When a voice it came thundering through the floor

Get up and pay attention to your name

Well I wished that I was safely in the boozer

With Molly or with peggy on me knee

And I know exactly what I'd like to do now

And if you were here you'd do the same as me