Good Ship Kangaroo [D]

Good Ship Kangaroo - Planxty

[Intro]
 [D] [D] [Am] [Am] [G] [C-G] [D] [G] x2

[Verse] 
 D            Am               C         D     G
Once I was a waitin' man that lived at home at ease
 G          C   G          D               G
Now I am a mariner that ploughs the angry seas
  D            Am                C        D     G
I always loved seafarin' life, I bid my love adieu
    G                 C    G                 D           G
I shipped as steward and cook, me boys, on board the Kangaroo

[Chorus]
 D                       Am                    C     D       G
Oh I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue
         G                 C       G       D          G     G
As we sailed away through Milford Bay on board the Kangaroo

[Verse]
   G               C                 C     D       G
"Think of me, oh think of me," she mournfully did say
   G                  C      G        D       G
"When you are in a foreign land and I am far away
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Take this lucky thruppenny bit, it'll make you bear in mind
 G                      C       G         D             G
That lovin' trustin' faithful heart you left in tears behind."

D                    Am                    C       D     G
"Cheer Up, cheer up, my own true love. Don't weep so bitterly,"
       G                      C           G         D             G
She sobbed, she sighed, she choked, she cried and could not say goodbye
 D                     Am             C     D       G
"I won't be gone for very long, 'tis but a month or two
     G         C     G               D          G
When I will return again of course I´ll visit you."

[Chorus]
 D                       Am                    C     D       G
Oh I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue
         G                 C       G       D          G    G
As we sailed away through Milford Bay on board the Kangaroo

[Verse]
 G                C                    C         D       G
Our ship it was homeward bound from many's the foreign shore
     G                  C   G       D          G
And many´s the foreign present unto me love I bore
  D                       Am           C         D    G
I brought tortoises from Tenerife and toys from Timbuktu
     G           C     G          D      G
A china rat, a Bengal cat and a Bombay cockatoo

D                     Am             C     D       G
Paid off I sought her dwellin' on a street above the town
  G                    C         G         D             G
Where an ancient dame upon the line was hangin' out her gown
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"Where is me love? " "She´s vanished, sir, about six months ago
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With a smart young man that drives the van for Chaplin, Son and Co.

[Chorus]
 D                       Am                    C     D       G
Oh I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue
         G                 C       G       D          G
As we sailed away through Milford Bay on board the Kangaroo

[G] [C] [C-D] [G]
[G] [C-G] [D] [G]
[D] [Am] [C-D] [G]
[G] [C-G] [D] [G]

[Verse]
  G                          C               C     D       G
Here's a health to dreams of married life, to soap suds and blue
 G                       C     G         D            G
Heart's true love and patent starch and washin' soda too
 D                  Am                C     D      G
I'll go unto some foreign shore, no longer can I stay
     G              C      G         D           G
And with some China hottentot I'll throw me life away

D               Am                C     D       G
Me love she is no foolish girl, her age it is two score
    G               C    G                D           G
Me love she is no spinster, she's been married twice before
  D               Am                  C       D       G
I cannot say it was her wealth that stole me heart away;
 G                   C    G      D              G
She's a washer in a laundry for one and nine a day

[G] [C] [C-D] [G]
[G] [C-G] [D] [G]
[D] [Am] [C-D] [G]
[G] [C-G] [D] [G single Strum]

Intro
D D Am Am G C-G D G x2

Verse
ODnce I was a wAmaitin' man that lCived at hoDme at Gease
NGow I am a mCarinGer that ploDughs the angry sGeas
I Dalways loved Amseafarin' life, I Cbid my loDve adiGeu
I shGipped as steward aCnd coGok, me boys, on boDard the KangGaroo

Chorus
ODh I never thought she woAmuld prove false or eitCher prDove untrGue
As we saiGled away through MCilford BGay on boDard the KanGgarooG

Verse
"ThGink of me, oh thCink of me," she moCurnfulDly did sGay
"WhGen you are in a forCeign laGnd and I Dam far aGway
TakDe this lucky thrAmuppenny bit, it'll makCe you bDear in mGind
TGhat lovin' trustin' faiCthful heGart you leDft in tears beGhind."

"ChDeer Up, cheer up, my Amown true love. Don't wCeep so bDitterlGy,"
She sobGbed, she sighed, she chCoked, she crGied and coDuld not say goGodbye
"DI won't be gone for veAmry long, 'tis bCut a mDonth or Gtwo
When GI will retCurn agGain of course I´Dll visit yoGu."

Chorus
ODh I never thought she woAmuld prove false or eitCher prDove untrGue
As we saiGled away through MCilford BGay on boDard the KanGgarooG

Verse
OGur ship it was hoCmeward bound from manCy's the foDreign shGore
And mGany´s the foreign pCreseGnt unto Dme love I bGore
I Dbrought tortoises from TAmenerife and tCoys from TDimbukGtu
A chiGna rat, a BeCngal cGat and a BoDmbay coGckatoo

PaDid off I sought her dwAmellin' on a strCeet abDove the Gtown
WhGere an ancient dame uCpon the liGne was hanDgin' out her gGown
"WDhere is me love? " "She´s Amvanished, sir, abCout six moDnths aGgo
WiGth a smart young man that driCves the vGan for ChDaplin, Son and GCo.

Chorus
ODh I never thought she woAmuld prove false or eitCher prDove untrGue
As we saiGled away through MCilford BGay on boDard the KanGgaroo

G C C-D G
G C-G D G
D Am C-D G
G C-G D G

Verse
HeGre's a health to dreams of Cmarried life, toC soap Dsuds andG blue
HGeart's true love and patCent stGarch and wDashin' soda tGoo
ID'll go unto some foAmreign shore, no loCnger cDan I stGay
And wGith some China ChottentGot I'll thDrow me life Gaway

Me Dlove she is no fAmoolish girl, her aCge it Dis two sGcore
Me lGove she is no spCinsteGr, she's been marDried twice bGefore
I Dcannot say it waAms her wealth that stCole me hDeart awaGy;
SGhe's a washer in a lCaundrGy for oDne and nine a dGay

Chorus
ODh I never thought she woAmuld prove false or eitCher prDove untrGue
As we saiGled away through MCilford BGay on boDard the KanGgaroo

G C C-D G
G C-G D G
D Am C-D G
G C-G D G single Strum

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