Lyrics Mrs. McGrath - Pete Seeger
"Oh,
Mrs.
McGrath,"
the
sergeant
said
"Would
you
like
to
make
a
soldier
out
of
your
son
Ted
With
a
scarlett
coat
and
a
big
cocked
hat
Oh,
Mrs.
McGrath,
wouldn't
you
like
that?"
Chorus:
With
your
too-ri-a,
fol-di-diddle-da,
too-ri,
oor-ri,
oor-ri-a
With
your
too-ri-a,
fol-di-diddle-da,
too-ri,
oor-ri,
oor-ri-a
Now,
Mrs.
McGrath
lived
on
the
shore
For
the
space
of
seven
long
years
or
more
She
spied
a
ship
coming
into
the
bay
With
her
son
from
far
away"
"Oh
captain
dear,
where
have
you
been
You've
been
sailing
the
Mediterranean
Have
you
news
of
my
son
Ted
Is
he
living
or
is
he
dead?"
Chorus
Up
came
Ted
without
any
legs
And
in
their
place,
two
wooden
pegs,
She
kissed
him
a
dozen
times
or
two
And
said
"My
god,
Ted
is
it
you"
"Now
were
you
drunk
or
were
you
blind
When
you
left
your
two
fine
legs
behind
Or
was
it
walking
upon
the
sea
That
wore
your
two
fine
legs
away?"
Chorus
"No,
I
wasn't
drunk
and
I
wasn't
blind
When
I
left
my
two
fine
legs
behind
A
big
cannon
ball
on
the
fifth
of
May
Tore
my
two
fine
legs
away"
"Oh,
Teddyboy,"
the
widow
cried
"Your
two
fine
legs
were
your
mothers
pride
Stumps
of
a
tree
won't
do
at
all
Why
didn't
you
run
from
the
big
cannon
ball?"
Chorus
"All
foreign
wars
I
do
proclaim
live
on
the
blood
and
the
mothers
pain
I'd
rather
have
my
son
as
he
used
to
be
Than
the
King
of
America
and
his
whole
navy"
Chorus
1 Living In the Country
2 My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away
3 Get Up and Go
4 Oh, Had I a Golden Thread
5 Never Wed An Old Man
6 Queen Anne Front
7 Cryderville Jail
8 Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
9 This Land Is Your Land
10 Draft Dodger Rag
11 The Pill
12 Where Have All the Flowers Gone
13 My Name Is Liza Kalvelage
14 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
15 Guantanamera
16 Last Train to Nuremberg
17 Keep Your Eyes On The Prize
18 Oh, Freedom
19 We Shall Overcome
20 Coal Creek March
21 Pretty Boy Floyd
22 Hobo's Lullaby
23 Aimee Semple McPherson
24 The Cowboy's Lament
25 Jesse James
26 Belle Starr
27 Harry Sims
28 Mrs. McGrath
29 Jay Goulds Daughter
30 Nameless Lick
31 What Did You Learn In School Today?
32 Henry My Son
33 Put Your Finger In The Air
34 Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
35 This Old Car
36 Be Kind To Your Parents
37 Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase
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