Misc Traditional – Grannys Old Armchair (Guitar)

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My grandmother she, at the age of eighty-three

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One day in May was taken ill and died;

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And after she was dead, the will of course was read,

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By a lawyer as we all stood by his side;

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To my brother it was found, she had left a hundred pounds,

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The same unto my sister I declare,

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But when it came to me, the lawyer said, "I see,

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She has left to you her Old arm chair."

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And how they titter'd! how they chaff'd!

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How my brother and sister laugh'd,

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When they heard the lawyer declare,

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Granny has left you her Old arm chair.

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I tho't it hardly fair, still I said I did not care,

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And in the ev'ning took the chair away;

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The neighbors they me chaff'd my brother at me laugh'd

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And said "It will be useful John some day;

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When you settle down in life, find some girl to be your wife,

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You'll find it very handy I declare,

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On a cold and frosty night, when the fire is burning bright,

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You can sit in your old arm chair.

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And how they titter'd! how they chaff'd!

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How my brother and sister laugh'd,

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When they heard the lawyer declare,

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Granny has left you her Old arm chair.

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What my brother said was true, for in a year or two,

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Strange to say I settl'd down in life;

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I first a girl did court, and then the ring I bought,

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Took her to church and then she was my wife;

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The old girl and me, were as happy as could be,

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For when my work was over I declare,

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I ne'er abroad would roam, but each night would stay home,

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And be seated in my old arm chair.

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And how they titter'd! how they chaff'd!

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How my brother and sister laugh'd,

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When they heard the lawyer declare,

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Granny has left you her Old arm chair.

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One night the chair fell down, when I pick'd it up I found,

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The seat had fallen out up[-]on the floor;

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And there to my surprise I saw before my eyes,

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A lot of notes, two thousand pounds or more;

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When my brother heard of this, the fellow I confess,

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Went nearly mad with rage, and tore his hair,

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But I only laugh'd at him, then said Hey Jim

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"Don't you wish you had the old arm chair?"

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And how they titter'd! how they chaff'd!

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How my brother and sister laugh'd,

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When they heard the lawyer declare,

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Granny has left you her Old arm chair.