Mrs. McGrath

Mrs. McGrath Lyrics

Song Mrs. McGrath
Artist Bruce Springsteen
Album We Shall Overcome (The Seeger Sessions)
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[00:00.97] Mrs. McGrath
[00:15.38] "Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said,
[00:17.23] "Would you like to make a solider out of your son Ted?
[00:20.67] With a scarlet coat and a big cocked hat,
[00:23.31] And Mrs. McGrath, wouldn't you like that?"
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[00:26.34] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
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[00:31.82] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
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[00:37.32] Now, Mrs. McGrath lived on the shore
[00:39.38] And after seven years or more
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[00:42.56] She spied a ship come into the bay
[00:44.94] With her son from far away
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[00:48.42] "Oh captain dear, where have you been?
[00:50.27] You've been sailing the Mediterranean.
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[00:53.83] Have you news of my son Ted?
[00:55.97] Is he living or is he dead?"
[00:59.10] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
[01:04.41] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
[01:10.10] Up came Ted without any legs
[01:12.11] And in their place, two wooden pegs.
[01:15.37] She kissed him a dozen times or two
[01:17.55] And said, "My god, Ted is it you?"
[01:20.86] "Now were you drunk or were you blind
[01:22.93] When you left your two fine legs behind?
[01:26.31] Or was it walking upon the sea
[01:28.32] That wore your two fine legs away?"
[01:31.44] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
[01:36.80] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
[01:41.98] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
[01:47.30] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
[01:52.68] "No, I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind
[01:54.68] When I left my two fine legs behind.
[01:57.75] A cannon ball on the fifth of May
[02:00.18] TOre my two fine legs away."
[02:03.06] "Oh, Teddy boby," the window cried.
[02:05.31] "Your two fine legs were your mother's pride.
[02:08.43] Stumps of a tree won't do at all.
[02:10.74] Why didn't you run from the cannon ball?"
[02:13.69] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
[02:18.76] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
[02:24.06] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
[02:29.37] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
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[03:06.68] "All foreign wars I do proclaim
[03:08.71] Live on the blood and the mothers'pain.
[03:11.90] I'd rather have my son as he used to be,
[03:14.23] Than the King of America and his whole navy."
[03:19.35] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
[03:24.30] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
[03:29.59] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
[03:34.85] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
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[03:39.98] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
[03:45.06] With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri,oor-ri-a
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