Whack fol the diddle

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Paul de Grae irtrad-l 2001-10-9

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X:1
T:Whack fol the diddle
R:song
B:Songs of Dublin, ed. Frank Harte
S:Paul de Grae  irtrad-l 2001-10-9
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
A2|d2 cc B2 A2|B2 c2 d4|F2 AA EEGG|F2 D2 D2 AA|
d2 c2 B2 A2|B2 c2 d4|F2 AA EEGG|F2 D2 D2 F2|
F2 B2 ^A2 c2|B2 d2 F3 F|F2 B2 ^A2 c2|B2 c2 d2 A2|
d2 cc B2 A2|B2 c2 d4|F2 AA EEGG|F2 D2 D4|
F2 AA EEGG|F2 A2 A4|B2 c2 d4|c2 e2 e4|
d2 c2 B2 A2|B2 c2 d4|F2 AA EEGG|F2 D2 D4||
W:
W:I'll sing you a song of peace and love
W:Whack fol the diddle all the di doh day
W:To the land that reigns all lands above
W:Whack fol the diddle all the di doh day
W:May peace and plenty be her share
W:Who kept our homes from want and care
W:God bless Mother England is our prayer
W:Whack fol the diddle all the di doh day
W:
W:(chorus)
W:Whack fol the diddle all the di doh day
W:So we say, hip hooray
W:Come and listen while we pray
W:Whack fol the diddle all the di doh day
W:
W:When we were savage, fierce and wild, whack etc.
W:She came like a mother to her child, whack etc.
W:She gently raised us from the slime
W:And kept our hands from hellish crime
W:And sent us to heaven in her own good time, whack etc.
W:(chorus)
W:
W:Now our fathers oft were very bad boys, whack etc.
W:Guns and pikes are dangerous toys, whack etc.
W: From Bearna Baol to Bunker Hill
W:They made poor England weep her fill
W:But oul' Britannia loves us still, whack etc.
W:(chorus)
W:
W:Now Irishmen forget the past, whack etc.
W:And think of the time that's coming fast, whack etc.
W:When we shall all be civilised
W:Neat and clean and well-advised
W:Now won't Mother England be surprised whack etc.
W:(chorus)

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