Misc Traditional – The Little Shirt My Mother Made For Me (Guitar)

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I can't forget the day that I was born

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Was on a cold and frosty winter's morn'

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The doctor said I was a chubby chap

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But when the nurse, she took me on her lap

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She washed me all over I re-member

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And after powder-puffin' me, you see

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She laid me in the cradle by the window

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In The Little Shirt My Mother Made For Me.

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When I began to crawl it was a sight

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I used to frighten mom from morn' til night

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There's no mistake I was a lttle curse

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'Cause when my daddy, he came home from work

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Every night he would say; "Where's Little Sam got?"

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And down in the cupboard I would be

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Busy just scrapin' out the jam pot

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In The Little Shirt My Mother Made For Me.

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The first day that I wore my Knickerbocks

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I felt so funny after wearin' smocks

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I looked a little picture, they did say

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But when they let me out to run and play

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Well, I didn't like the britches I was wearin'

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And in the street I took 'em off, you see

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I started walkin' home so bold and darin'

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In The Little Shirt My Mother Made For Me.

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Last year when I was on my holiday

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Upon the briny ocean I did gaze

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The water looked so nice I thought I'd go

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To have a swim, but, in a minute, oh

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All the girls along the beach at me were starin'

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And some were takin' pictures, I could see

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Was a good thing for me that I was wearin'

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The Little Shirt My Mother Made For Me.