Misc Traditional – Dance To Thy Daddy (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
G
Come here my little Jacky

C
Now I've smoked my baccy

G
Let's have a bit of cracky

C             D     G
Till the boat comes in.
[Chorus]
G                   C
Dance to thy daddy, sing to thy mammy,

G                   C      D     G
Dance to thy daddy, to thy mammy sing;

G                       C
Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy,

G                       C        D          G
Thou shalt have a fishy when the boat comes in.
[Verse 2]
G                          C
Here's thy mother hummin', she's a canny woman

G                         C         D      G
Yonder comes thy father, drunk - he cannot stand.
[Chorus]
G                   C
Dance to thy daddy, sing to thy mammy,

G                   C      D      G
Dance to thy daddy, to thy mammy sing;

G                       C
Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy,

G                         C        D          G
Thou shalt have a haddock when the boat comes in.
[Verse 3]
G
Our Tommy's always fuddlin',

C
He's so fond of ale,

G
But he's kind to me,

C            D     G
I hope he'll never fail.
[Chorus]
G                   C
Dance to thy daddy, sing to thy mammy,

G                   C      D      G
Dance to thy daddy, to thy mammy sing;

G                       C
Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy,

G                         C        D          G
Thou shalt have a codling when the boat comes in.
[Verse 4]
G
I like a drop mysel',

C
When I can get it sly,

G
And thou, my bonny bairn,

C             D       G
Will lik't as well as I.
[Chorus]
G                   C
Dance to thy daddy, sing to thy mammy,

G                   C      D      G
Dance to thy daddy, to thy mammy sing;

G                       C
Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy,

G                          C        D          G
Thou shalt have a mack'rel when the boat comes in.
[Verse 5]
G
May we get a drop

C
Oft as we stand in need;

G
And weel may the keel row

C                D           G
That brings the bairns their breed.
[Chorus]
G                   C
Dance to thy daddy, sing to thy mammy,

G                   C      D     G
Dance to thy daddy, to thy mammy sing;

G                       C
Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy,

G                        C        D          G
Thou shalt have a salmon when the boat comes in.