Artist: | The Dubliners (English) |
User: | Klaus Peter |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
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Seven Drunken Nights - full version
The last couple of verses were a bit 'bawdy' for the time.
It was banned by the B.B.C. so The Dubliners could only sing
the first five nights.
Ronnie Drew sings this song in the key of A Major
[1] A
As I went home on a Monday night as drunk as drunk could be,
D A D
I saw a horse outside the door where my old horse should be,
A D
Well I called me wife and I said to her 'Will you kindly tell to me,
A D A
Who owns that horse outside the door where my old horse should be?'
A A D A
'Ah,you're drunk,you're drunk you silly old fool,still you cannot see,
D A E A
That's a lovey sow that me mother sent to me.'
A A D A
Well it's many a day I travelled,a hundred miles or more,
D A E A
But a saddle on a sow sure I never saw before.
[2] A
And as I went home on a Tuesday night as drunk as drunk could be,
D A D
I saw a coat behind the door where my old coat should be.
A D
Well I called me wife and I said to her 'Will you kindly tell to me,
A D A
Who owns that coat behind the door where my old coat should be?'
A A D A
'Ah,you're drunk,you're drunk you silly old fool,still you cannot see,
D A E A
That's a wollen blanket that me mother sent to me.'
A A D A
Well it's many a day I travelled,a hundred miles or more,
D A E A
But buttons on a blanket sure I never saw before.
[3] A
And as I came home on a Wednesday night as drunk as drunk could be,
D A D
I saw a pipe upon the chair,where my old pipe should be,
A D
Well I called me wife and I said to her 'Would you kindly tell to me,
A D A
Who owns the pipe upon the chair where my old pipe should be?'
A A D A
'Ah you're drunk,you're drunk you silly old fool,still you cannot see,
D A E A
That's a lovely tin whistle that me mother sent to me.'
A A D A
Well it's many a day I travelled,a hundred miles or more,
D A E A
But tobacco in_a_tin whistle sure I never saw before.
[4] A
And as I went home on a Thursday night as drunk as drunk could be,
D A D
I saw two boots beneath the bed where my old boots should be,
A D
Well I called me wife and I said to her 'Will you kindly tell to me,
A D A
Who owns them boots beneath the bed where my old boots should be?'
A A D A
'Ah,you're drunk,you're drunk you silly old fool,still you cannot see,
D A E A
That's two lovely ge-ranium pots me mother gave to me.'
A A D A
Well it's many a day I travelled,a hundred miles or more,
D A E A
But laces on a ge-ranium pot_sure_I never saw before,
[5] A
And as I went home on a Friday night as drunk as drunk could be,
D A D
I saw a head upon the bed where my old head should be,
A D
Well I called me wife and I said to her 'Will you kindly tell to me,
A D A
Who owns that head upon the bed where my old head should be?'
A A D A
'Ah,you're drunk,you're drunk you silly old fool,still you cannot see,
D A E A
That's a baby boy that me mother sent to me.'
A A D A
Well it's many a day I travelled,a hundred miles or more,
D A E A
But a baby boy with whiskers sure I never saw before.
[6] A
As I went home on Saturday night as drunk as drunk could be,
D A D
I saw two hands upon her breasts where my old hands should be,
A D
Well I called me wife and I said to her 'Will you kindly tell to me,
A D A
Who owns them hands upon your breasts where my old hands should be?'
A A D A
'Ah,you're drunk,you're drunk you silly old fool,still you cannot see,
D A E A
That's a lovely night gown me mother sent to me.'
A A D A
Well it's many a day I travelled,a hundred miles or more,
D A E A
But fingers on a night gown I never saw before.
[7] A
As I went home on a Sunday night as drunk as drunk could be,
D A D
I saw a thing there in her thing where my old thing should be,
A D
Well I called me wife and I said to her 'Will you kindly tell to me,
A D A
Who owns that thing there in your thing where my old thing should be?'
A A D A
'Ah,you're drunk,you're drunk you silly old fool,still you cannot see,
D A E A
That's a lovely tin whi-stle me mother sent to me.'
A A D A
Well it's many a day I travelled,a hundred miles or more,
D A E A
But hair on a tin whistle sure I never saw before.