Mrs. McGrath - Bruce Springsteen ================================ verse1 Dm "Oh Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said, F C "Would you like a soldier of your son, Ted? With a scarlet cloak and a fine cocked hat, Dm Mrs. McGrath wouldn't you like that?" chorsu Dm With your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa, FC Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, too-ri-aa, fol- Dm Did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa verse2 Dm Mrs. McGrath lived on the shore F C And after seven years or more she spied a ship come into the bay Dm with her son from far away verse3 Dm "Oh, Captain dear, where have you been. F C Have you been out sailin' on the Mediteren'. Have you any news of my son Ted. Dm Is he livin' or is he dead?" chorus verse4 Dm Now came Ted without any legs F C And in their place two wooden pegs She kissed him a dozen times or two Dm Saying "My God Ted is it you?" verse5 Dm "Now were you drunk or were you blind F C When you left your two fine legs behind? Or was it walking upon the sea Dm That wore your two fine legs away?" chorus verse6 Dm "No I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind F C When I left my two fine legs behind. a cannon ball on the fifth of May Dm Tore my two fine legs away." verse7 Dm "Now Teddy boy," the widow cried F C "Your two fine legs was your mother's pride Them stumps of a tree won't do at all Dm Why didn't you run from the cannon ball?" chorus verse8 Dm All foreign wars, I do proclaim F C Live on blood and a mother's pain I'd rather have my son as he used to be Dm than the king of America and his whole navy chorus