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Thread #10468   Message #882109
Posted By: GUEST,MCP
04-Feb-03 - 06:57 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Songs about Lloyd George / Lord George
Subject: Tune Add: LLOYD GEORGE
Thanks r-j. And here's the tune as I remember it (it's probably over 20 years since I last heard it, but this is certainly very close).

Mick



X: 1
T:Lloyd George
M:4/4
L:1/4
S:Tony Capstick
K:G
"Chorus"
G/ A/|B d d B|B< A- A
w:Cos he took me out o't' work-house_
G/ A/|B d d B|A3
w:and he give me life that's free
G|B/ B/ d d d|e c c
w:Five shill-ing a week for cheat-ing death
c|B d (c/B/) A|G3||
w:is what Lloyd George_ gives me
"Verse"
G/ A/|B d d B|B A2
w:Well he gives me leet and fir-in'
G|B d d B|A3
w:and flour to bake me bread
G|B> d d d|e c c
w:And tea to mash with every meal
c|B d d B|A3
w:and sup un-til I'm dead.
G/ A/|B d d B|B A2
w:An' I've nowt to do but thank him
G|B d d B|A3
w:and make a cross wi't' pen
G|B/ B/ d d d|e c c
w:Five shill-ing a week for nowt but that
c|B> d B A|G3||
w:ay he's the best of men