Mrs. McGrath, the sergeant said Would you like to make a soldier Out of your son, Ted? With a scarlet cloak and a big cocked hat Mrs. McGrath, wouldnt you like that? With your tooriaa, foldiddlediaa, tooriooriooriaa, with your tooriaa, foldiddlediaa, tooriooriooriaa Mrs. McGrath lived on the shore And after seven years or more She spied a ship come into the bay With her son from far away Oh, Captain dear, where have you been Have you been out sailing on the Mediterranean Have you news of my son Ted Is he living or is he dead? With your tooriaa, foldiddlediaa, tooriooriooriaa, with your tooriaa, foldiddlediaa, tooriooriooriaa Now then came Ted without any legs And in their place, two wooden pegs She kissed him a dozen times or two And said, My God, Ted, is it you? Now were you drunk or were you blind When you left your two fine legs behind? Or was it walking upon the sea That bore your two fine legs away? With a tooriaa, foldiddlediaa, tooriooriooriaa, with a tooriaa, foldiddleaa, tooriooriooriaa With a tooriaa, foldiddlediaa, tooriooriooriaa, with a tooriaa, foldiddlediaa, tooriooriooriaa No, I wasnt drunk and I wasnt blind When I left my two fine legs behind A cannonball on the fifth of May Tore my two fine legs away Ah, Teddy, boy, the widow cried Your two fine legs were your mothers pride Them stumps of a tree wont do at all Why didnt you run from the cannonball? With a tooriaa, foldiddlediaa, tooriooriooriaa, with a tooriaa, foldiddleaa, tooriooriooriaa With a tooriaa, foldiddlediaa, tooriooriooriaa, with a tooriaa, foldiddlediaa, tooriooriooriaa Well, foreign wars, I do proclaim Live on only blood and a mothers pain Id rather have my son as he used to be Then the King of America and his whole Navy With a tooriaa, foldiddlediaa, tooriooriooriaa, with a tooriaa, foldiddleaa, tooriooriooriaa With a tooriaa, foldiddlediaa, tooriooriooriaa, with a tooriaa, foldiddlediaa, tooriooriooriaa With a tooriaa, foldiddlediaa, tooriooriooriaa, with a tooriaa, foldiddleaa, tooriooriooriaa
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