Artist: | The Dubliners (English) |
User: | malcolmgeorgewalker |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
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The Old Alarm Clock
The Dubliners
C When first I came to London In the G year of C 39
The ci F ty looked so wonderfu C l, and the girls were so Divine
But the copp F ers got suspicious, and C they soon gave me the knoc G k
I was cha C rged with being the owner, of an G old alarm c C lock
We C ll next morning down by Marlborough Street, G I caused no little C stir
The I. F R.A were b C usy and the t G elephones did burr
Says the judge F I'm going to c C harge you, with the G possession of this machine.
And I'm al C so going to charge you, with the G wearing of the C Green
C Well says I to him, your honor, if you g G ive me half a C chance
I'll F show you how me C small machine can make the peelers G dance
Well it ti F cks away p C olitely, 'till you get an awful sho G ck
And it tic C ks away the gellignite, on me G old alarm clo C ck
C O the judge says listen here my man and I'l G l tell you of a p C lan
For y F ou and all your C countrymen I d G o not give a damn
Well the only F time you'll C take is mine, ten G years in Dartmoor dock
And you C can count it by the ticking, of your G old alarm clo C ck.
C Well this lonely Dartmoor City would put G many in the ji C gs
The cel F l it isn't prett C y and it isn't ve G ry big
Sure long F ago I'd have C left the place, if I had onl G y guts,
With me coupl C e of sticks of gelignite and me G old alarm cl C ock