Mrs. McGrath Lyrics

	Oh, Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said
	"Would you like to make a soldier out of your son Ted
	With a scarlett coat, a big cocked hat
	Mrs. McGrath, wouldn't you like that?"
	Now, Mrs. McGrath lived on the sea shore
	For the space of long seven years or more
	Till she saw a big ship sailing in the bay
	"Here’s my son Ted, will you clear the way!"
	"Oh captain dear, where have you been
	Have you been to the Mediterranean
	Will you tell me nth news of my son Ted
	Is the poor boy living or is he dead?"
	Up 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 while walking upon the sea
	Wore your two fine legs from the knees away?"
	"No, I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind
	When I left my two fine legs behind
	But a cannon ball on the fifth of May,
	Tore my two fine legs and my knees away"
	"My Teddyboy," the widow cried
	"Your two fine legs were your mother’s pride
	That stumps of a tree wouldn’t do at all
	Why didn't you run from the cannon ball?"
	"All foreign wars I do proclaim
	Between Don John and the King of Spain,
	I’d rather have my son as he used to be
	Than the King of France and his whole navy

	Oh, Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said
	" Would you like to make a soldier out of your son Ted
	With a scarlett coat, a big cocked hat
	Mrs. McGrath, wouldn' t you like that?"
	Now, Mrs. McGrath lived on the sea shore
	For the space of long seven years or more
	Till she saw a big ship sailing in the bay
	" Here' s my son Ted, will you clear the way!"
	" Oh captain dear, where have you been
	Have you been to the Mediterranean
	Will you tell me nth news of my son Ted
	Is the poor boy living or is he dead?"
	Up 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 nbsp?"
	" Now were you drunk or were you blind
	When you left your two fine legs behind
	Or was it while walking upon the sea
	Wore your two fine legs from the knees away?"
	" No, I wasn' t drunk and I wasn' t blind
	When I left my two fine legs behind
	But a cannon ball on the fifth of May,
	Tore my two fine legs and my knees away"
	" My Teddyboy," the widow cried
	" Your two fine legs were your mother' s pride
	That stumps of a tree wouldn' t do at all
	Why didn' t you run from the cannon ball?"
	" All foreign wars I do proclaim
	Between Don John and the King of Spain,
	I' d rather have my son as he used to be
	Than the King of France and his whole navy

	Oh, Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said
	" Would you like to make a soldier out of your son Ted
	With a scarlett coat, a big cocked hat
	Mrs. McGrath, wouldn' t you like that?"
	Now, Mrs. McGrath lived on the sea shore
	For the space of long seven years or more
	Till she saw a big ship sailing in the bay
	" Here' s my son Ted, will you clear the way!"
	" Oh captain dear, where have you been
	Have you been to the Mediterranean
	Will you tell me nth news of my son Ted
	Is the poor boy living or is he dead?"
	Up 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 nbsp?"
	" Now were you drunk or were you blind
	When you left your two fine legs behind
	Or was it while walking upon the sea
	Wore your two fine legs from the knees away?"
	" No, I wasn' t drunk and I wasn' t blind
	When I left my two fine legs behind
	But a cannon ball on the fifth of May,
	Tore my two fine legs and my knees away"
	" My Teddyboy," the widow cried
	" Your two fine legs were your mother' s pride
	That stumps of a tree wouldn' t do at all
	Why didn' t you run from the cannon ball?"
	" All foreign wars I do proclaim
	Between Don John and the King of Spain,
	I' d rather have my son as he used to be
	Than the King of France and his whole navy

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