Tom: Em
Em
Timothy Murphy kept the pledge
C A Em
For nearly fourteen year
C
But Christmas even' he felt so bad
A D
He got out on the beer;
Em
Oh, he came home like a roaring lion
C A Em
Filled up with rum and gin
C
For he's like a Bengal tiger
A D Em
When he gets a mouthful in
Em
There's not a porch for half a mile
C A Em
That came in Murphy's sight
C
But felt his hob-nailed bluchers
A D
When he let out that night;
Em C
And sashes tumbled 'round the floor
A D
And cats at doors did scrape
Em C
For they knew their time on earth was short
A D Em
When Timothy rounds the cape
G D
He broke lamps and cups and crockeryware
G D
The pots and soup tureens
Em C
He ate everything that was in the house
A D
Pigs' heads and boiled crubeens;
G D
Now there's not a sound eye in the block
G D
From Murphy's heavy sledge
Em C
And the town is all on crutches now
A D Em
Since Murphy broke the pledge
Em
If Murphy don't get thirty days
C A Em
And I hope and pray he will
C
There'll be humps on undertaker's back
A D
From all the crowds he'll kill;
Em
And the beaver hats, they won't hold out
C A Em
To bury all the dead
C
If Timothy ties his braces 'round
A D Em
To paint the city red
G D
He broke lamps and cups and crockeryware
G D
The pots and soup tureens
Em C
He ate everything that was in the house
A D
Pigs' heads and boiled curbeens;
G D
Now there's not a sound eye in the block
G D
From Murphy's heavy sledge
Em C
And the town is all on crutches now
A D Em
Since Murphy broke the pledge
Em
The neighbourhood is on their knees
C A Em
In meditation deep
C
In hope he'll get the summer
A D
Through the iron bars to peep;
Em
For if not, we'll go to Nagle's Hill
C A Em
And leave our snug abode
C
For I'd sooner face a unicorn
A D Em
Than Murphy with a load
G D
He broke lamps and cups and crockeryware
G D
The pots and soup tureens
Em C
He ate everything that was in the house
A D
Pigs' heads and boiled crubeens;
G D
Now there's not a sound eye in the block
G D
From Murphy's heavy sledge
Em C
And the town is all on crutches now
A D Em
Since Murphy broke the pledge
