MIm SOL
Well, there were guns and drums and drums and guns, haroo, haroo!
MIm SOL RE
There were guns and drums and drums and guns, haroo, haroo!
SOL RE
There was Kathy there alone, I fear,
DO MIm
When her brother went out to slay ya.
SOL RE DO RE MIm
Darlin' dear, you look so queer, for Johnny we hardly knew ya.
MIm SOL
On the first of March, he took his gun, haroo, haroo!
MIm SOL RE
On the first of March, he tracked ya down, haroo, haroo!
SOL RE
He fired the shot, ya bit the dust,
DO MIm
Poor Kathy she cried a victim of lust.
SOL RE DO RE MIm
Darlin' dear, you look so queer, for Kathy she hardly knew ya.
MIm
Well, hey there Johnny, now how ya been?
RE
I seen ya hangin' 'round.
LAm
You're lookin' mighty pale,
MIm
And then your eyes cast on the ground.
MIm RE
Well, hey there Johnny, how ya been?
DO MIm
I heard a young man boast.
MIm DO
He shot ya down one mornin',
DO RE MIm
And your now Johnny's ghost.
MIm
Well, hey there, Johnny, we loved ya, boy,
RE
But you've been playin' 'round.
LAm
You brought the wrath of the husbands,
MIm
The wives you spun around.
MIm RE
Well, hey there, Johnny, you weren't so bad,
DO MIm
Could make you into two.
MIm DO
To dance a jig with Johnny,
DO RE MIm
That's all they asked of you.
SOL
Tooraloora Tooralai,
RE
You brought the husbands scorn.
You had the lovers over night
MIm
And disappeared at dawn.
DO SOL
Tooraloora Tooralai,
RE
A drink and here's a toast:
SOL DO
Here's to drunken Irishmen,
DO RE MIm
And here's to Johnny's ghost.
MIm
Well, hey there, Johnny, your momma cried,
RE
I hear your messin' 'round.
LAm
You left poor Kathy pregnant,
MIm
And ran for higher ground.
MIm RE
Now Kathy's older brother got
DO MIm
The first gun he could find.
MIm DO
He tracked ya down one mornin'
DO RE MIm
With murder on his mind.
SOL
Tooraloora Tooralai,
RE
Oh, Kathy, she did mourn.
She's screamin' for ya, Johnny,
MIm
The babes 'bout to be born.
DO SOL
Tooraloora Tooralai,
RE
A drink and here's a toast:
SOL DO
Here's to drunken Irishmen,
DO RE MIm
And here's to Johnny's ghost.
MIm MIm MIm DO RE MIm MIm DO MIm DO RE
MIm RE LAm MIm MIm RE DO MIm MIm DO DO RE MIm
SOL
Tooraloora Tooralai,
RE
Oh, Kathy, she did mourn.
She's screamin' for ya, Johnny,
MIm
The babes 'bout to be born.
DO SOL
Tooraloora Tooralai,
RE
A drink and here's a toast:
SOL DO
Here's to drunken Irishmen,
DO RE MIm
And here's to Johnny's ghost.
NC
Well, it was early that mornin'
When Kathy's brother stepped in the street.
Johnny just stood there waiting,
Starin' at his feet.
Then in his mind he said a prayer,
Cried Kathleen as he fell,
And the message on his tombstone reads,
"He took that bullet well."
SOL
Tooraloora Tooralai,
RE
I'd sooner hear the sound,
And here's to Kathy's brother,
MIm
Who put ya in the ground.
DO SOL
Tooraloora Tooralai,
RE
A drink and here's a toast:
SOL DO
Here's to drunken Irishmen,
DO RE MIm
And here's to Johnny's ghost.
2x
SOL DO
Here's to drunken Irishmen,
DO RE MIm
And here's to Johnny's ghost.
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