Misc Traditional – Itches In Me Britches (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
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I was born of Geordie parents

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One day when I was young

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That's how the Geordie dialect

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Became my native tongue

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That I was a pretty baby

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Me mother, she would vow

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The girls all ran to kiss me then

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- I wish they'd do it now
[Chorus]
      G                 D
Oh, I wish they'd do it now

      G                 A
Oh, I wish they'd do it now

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I've got itches in me britches

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And I wish they'd do it now
[Verse 2]
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When I was only six months old

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The girls would handle me

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They'd hug me to their bosom

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And they'd bounce me on their knee

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They'd rock me in the cradle

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And if I made a row

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They'd tickle me, they'd cuddle me

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- I wish they'd do it now
[Chorus]
      G                 D
Oh, I wish they'd do it now

      G                 A
Oh, I wish they'd do it now

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I've got itches in me britches

      D           A     D
And I wish they'd do it now
[Verse 3]
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At three years old a finer lad

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There never could be seen

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The girls all loved to follow me

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Right down to the green

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They'd make a chain of buttercups

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Drop it on me brow

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Then they'd roll me in the clover

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- Well, I wish they'd do it now
[Chorus]
      G                 D
Oh, I wish they'd do it now

      G                 A
Oh, I wish they'd do it now

         D            G
I've got itches in me britches

      D           A     D
And I wish they'd do it now
[Verse 4]
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The East End girls would call on me

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To swim when it was mild

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They'd take me to the river

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For to splash about a while

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They'd throw the water over me

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Duck me like a cow

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Then they'd rub me nice all over

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- Well, I wish they'd do it now
[Chorus]
      G                 D
Oh, I wish they'd do it now

      G                 A
Oh, I wish they'd do it now

         D            G
I've got itches in me britches

      D           A     D
And I wish they'd do it now
[Verse 5]
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Well, it's awful sad and lonely

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To lead a single life

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I think I'll go to the dance tonight

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And find meself a wife

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Oh, I have got six bundle pigs

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Likewise one big fat sow

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There'll be plenty love and bacon

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For the girl who'll have me now
[Alt Chorus]
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For the girl who'll have me now

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For the girl who'll love me now

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There'll be plenty love and bacon

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For the girl who'll have me now
[Chorus]
      G                 D
Oh, I wish they'd do it now

      G                 A
Oh, I wish they'd do it now

         D            G
I've got itches in me britches

      D           A     D
And I wish they'd do it now