The Corries – Toon O Kelso (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
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T’was in the toon o’ Kelso

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A lovely woman did dwell

    D                 B
She loved her husband dearly

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Ah, but another man twice as well
[Chorus]
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Ah, how would ye gae

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A-Hadili hadili

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Shoog-a-ra hadili hai
[Verse 2]
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She went intae the druggist

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Some medicine for tae buy

    D                   B
For she had resolved in her own mind

    A                 D
Her husband he should die
[Chorus]
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Ah, how would ye gae

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A-Hadili hadili

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Shoog-a-ra hadili hai
[Verse 3]
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She bought a pound o’ marrowbone

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And ground it very small

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Before he had eaten the half o’it

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He could’nt see nothing at all
[Chorus]
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Ah, how would ye gae

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A-Hadili hadili

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Shoog-a-ra hadili hai
[Verse 4]
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Im tired o’ my life he cried, aloud

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I’m tired o’ my life

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I think I’ll go and drown myself

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And that will end this strife
[Chorus]
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Ah, how would ye gae

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A-Hadili hadili

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Shoog-a-ra hadili hai
[Verse 5]
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Doon the street together they went

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She whistled and she sang

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My husbands going to drown himself

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I’ll help to push him in
[Chorus]
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Ah, how would ye gae

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A-Hadili hadili

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Shoog-a-ra hadili hai
[Verse 6]
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Doon the street together they went

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’til they came to the waters brim

    D               B
Oh, you go back and take a run

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And help to push me in
[Chorus]
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Ah, how would ye gae

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A-Hadili hadili

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Shoog-a-ra hadili hai
[Verse 7]
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She stood back, she started to run

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All for to push him

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But the cunning old nicker he jumped aside

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And she went thunderin in
[Chorus]
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Ah, how would ye gae

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A-Hadili hadili

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Shoog-a-ra hadili hai
[Verse 8]
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She swam up and she swam doon

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Til she came to the river brim

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But the cunning took a great long pole

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And pushed her further in
[Chorus]
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Ah, how would ye gae

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A-Hadili hadili

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Shoog-a-ra hadili hai
[Verse 9]
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Well Tak ye that ye wicked old jade

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Ye thought that I was blind

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But I’ll gae whistlin’ hame again

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Another wife I’ll find
[Chorus]
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Ah, how would ye gae

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A-Hadili hadili

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Shoog-a-ra hadili hai
[Outro]
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Ah, how would ye gae

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A-Hadili hadili

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Shoog-a-ra hadili hai